Senior police officer investigating money laundering arrested

Szczecin local prosecutor believes that Tomasz G., a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBŚ) officer, demanded a zł. 200,000 bribe from a Wielkopolska businessman. Police from the Main Headquarters Section of Interior Affairs arrested him on Wednesday along with Aleksander M., a lawyer from Poznań, who is accused of acting as an intermediary. The prosecutor would not reveal any details. "We never had any problems with Tomasz G. He was in charge of serious economic investigations and always had good results," said the head of Poznań CBŚ. The officer was working for the Bureau about five years and was in charge of money laundering investigations. "We have not been officially informed about the lawyer being arrested. He will be suspended from the Law Council as he has been charged with criminal activities," said Andrzej Reichelt from the Poznań Lawyers Council. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) M.M.