Special Services

Almost 1500 invoices worth up to PLN 23 million. Four persons apprehended by the CBA in connection with a new investigation carried out under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.

Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has detained a Polish national on suspicion of espionage for the Russian secret services. The arrest took place in Warsaw on March 17, 2022.

Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has identified 45 individuals - Russian secret services officers and persons related to them enjoying diplomatic status in Poland. Their expulsion from the territory of Poland is requested by the Head of the ABW.

On March 21, 2022, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency William J. Burns visited Poland. One of key points of the visit was a meeting with Poland’s Minister-Special Services Coordinator Mariusz Kamiński. The two highest-level intelligence and security officials discussed the current security challenges stemming from the war waged by Russia against Ukraine.

Five persons have been charged in connection with alleged irregularities in tenders announced in Regional Branches of the Military Property Agency. The proceedings have been conducted by the CBA Regional Office in Poznań, under the supervision of the Military Affairs Division of the District Prosecutor's Office in Poznań.

Russia's military assault on Ukraine has been accompanied by the Kremlin’s systematic activities in the field of propaganda and disinformation. The messages presented by Moscow are designed to conceal the true nature of Russia's criminal actions in Ukraine, to discredit the Ukrainian authorities and to manipulate the image of NATO-Russia relations.

Officers of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) detained, on suspicion of espionage, a citizen of Spain of Russian origins. The man is accused of participating in foreign intelligence activities against Poland.

At the request of the Head of the Internal Security Agency the first alert level ALFA-CRP, concerning cyberspace, has been introduced in Poland by the Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The alert is valid from February 15, 2022 (11:59 p.m.) through February 28, 2022 (11:59 p.m.).

The CBA officers have detained 20 persons, who in the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw heard charges including using fraudulent invoices. The value of the invoices only in this thread of the case exceeds PLN 7.5 million, while the amount of the invoices revealed so far in the course of the whole proceedings amounts to almost PLN 50 million.

The officers of the CBA Regional Office in Katowice have detained a former member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland who served in the years 2005-2019. The case concerns corruption and invoking influence in state institutions.