An organized criminal group with the participation of Zbigniew Ziobro and Adam Glapiński? Investigation in the prosecutor's office

The investigation, which included a notification of the action of an “organized criminal group” with the participation of, among others, the President of the National Bank of Polish Adam Glapiński and the former Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobra runs the Silesian Business Department of the National Prosecutor's Office in Katowice – journalists of “Superwizjer” and TVN24.pl learn. The investigation is conducted “in the case.”

Journalists Maciej Duda and Łukasz Ruciński turned to the Silesian Faculty of Business Department for Organized Crime and Corruption in Katowice with a question about whether he is investigating the organized criminal group, which includes, among others, Adam Glapiński, Zbigniew Ziobro and Jarosław Kaczyński And – if so – what are the circumstances of its initiation.

In response, a spokesman for the National Prosecutor's Office Przemysław Nowak said that the Faculty in Katowice “is investigating the suspicion of exceeding the rights by public officials, occurred in the period from 2018 to September 2022.”

As Nowak wrote, “the proceedings were initiated by the representative Leszek Cz. (It is about Leszek Czarnecki-Red.) The submission of two notifications about the suspicion of committing a corruption offense, which Marek C.-then chairman of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority committed.”

“Marek C. was charged with committing an offense under Article 231 § 2 of the Penal Code, and after gathering the entire evidence, his case was excluded to separate proceedings, after which on December 31, 2019, an indictment was sent against him to the Warsaw -Śródmieście District Court in Warsaw. Until now, the judgment and court proceedings have not yet been passed,” he said.

Another notification included in the investigation

The prosecutor added that “at the same time, in the course of the investigation, the thread of suspicion of exceeding rights by public officials in connection with the creation of legal regulations regarding the functioning of the banking sector, colloquially defined in the media as 'Zdzisław's Plan'” is still being investigated.

As Nowak informed, “at the next stage of the investigation into the materials of this procedure, another notification of the crime was included, submitted on January 4, 2024 by the representative of Leszek Cz.”

“One of the theses contained in this notification was the functioning of an organized criminal group, which included persons performing the highest public functions, including the president of the National Bank of Poland and the Minister of Justice. According to the notification, these persons were to take action to the detriment of banks, whose shareholder was Leszek Cz.” he added.

He noted that “the person of Jarosław K. was not indicated in any of the notifications.”

PK spokesman reported that “this proceeding is conducted 'in the case'.

Does the initiation of this investigation mean that there was actually an organized group, whose members were, among others Glapiński and Ziobro?

– The prosecutor's office initiates the investigation in accordance with the notification. And whether such a group really existed, will only show proceedings – explains to us one of the people similar to the case wanting to maintain anonymity.