Police fail to track down or crack down on cases of kidnapped foreigners

Four of them were released after paying ransoms of several million złoty. Popular Turkish journal Hurriyet and Poland Monthly wrote very long articles concerning this issue. The scheme of the kidnappings was always the same, as the victims were snatched on the street, either in front of their homes or offices. The criminals introduced themselves as officers from the anti-drug unit and told the victims to get into a car. "The wife of the first kidnapped Turkish man received a parcel with the fingers of her man," said a foreigner helping the victims. So far the police have almost no leads on the crimes. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3)