Pruszkow gang apparently still operating despite the arrest of its leaders

Silesian police have discovered evidence linking officials at the communication department of Gminas in Warsaw with the Pruszkow criminal gang. Poland's most notorious group of criminals was believed to have been broken up last summer, when police arrested its ringleaders. However, it seems that their younger colleagues have moved quickly to step into their shoes. An officer with the Katowice police said that the Pruszkow gang has been guilty of the theft of some 100 luxury cars in Silesia over the past two years. The officials in Gminas are accused of accepting bribes from the criminals, in return for registering the stolen cars. In February and April, officials with the Mokotow and Bemowo communications departments in Warsaw were arrested on similar charges. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) M.K.