Police arrested in Warsaw for alleged collaboration with Pruszkow mafia

The head of a police division dealing with car robbery, together with several other high-ranking police officers, were arrested yesterday for collaborating with an organized criminal gang from Pruszkow. In an eight-year period from 1993 to 2000, the gang stole more than 500 luxury cars worth in excess of zl.50 million. The investigation into the Pruszkow-based gang has been conducted by the prosecutor' s office in Katowice. Two members of the gang who are currently in prison have begun disclosing information about the gang' s connections with the police in Warsaw, which led to the policemen' s arrest. The investigation has revealed that the accused officers allegedly sold the criminals 10 police uniforms at a cost of approximately $1000, as well as a new electronic decoder costing roughly $10,000. Additionally, they provided the gang with information about on-going police investigations and with the names of people on the police' s wanted list. The Pruszkow gang paid between $500 to $8,000 to each officer for their help. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1,4) M. S.-C.