About 40 suspects with allegations, secured money with the equivalent of about PLN 1 million and 12 thousand. false documents. These are, among others The effects of officers of the Bieszczady Border Guard Department, who as part of the investigation under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office in Przemyśl (Podkarpackie), broke the international criminal group.
According to a spokesman for the Bieszczady branch of the SG (BIOSG), lieutenant Piotr Zakięlarz, criminals offered their clients all kinds of official documents, both Polish and foreign.
– These were Passports, visas, ID cards, residence cards, driving licenses, medical and psychological certificates, employment contracts, check -in certificates – Lieutenant Lieutenant Zakielarz.
Detained the suspects Bieszczady Border Guard Department
The recipients paid an average of 1.5 thousand euro
He noted that the group members made a permanent source of income from the procedure.
– The recipients of false documents paid an average of 1.5 thousand. euro for the “help service” in obtaining them, offered on websites and social networks – he added.
He explained that false documents were to be used to legalize their stay in the area European Union countries And among others confirm their possession of the right to drive motor vehicles.
Secured the equivalent of a million zlotys Bieszczady Border Guard Department
Some of the suspects pleaded guilty
The investigation in this case is conducted by officers from the Operational and Trade Group of the SG branch from Korczowa under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office in Przemyśl. According to a spokeswoman for the latter – prosecutor Marta Pętkowska – about 40 people have heard allegations in this case, including participation in an organized criminal group, money laundering and hindering the investigation, blurring traces of criminal activity, as well as using false documents. Some of them confessed to the alleged deeds.
In relation to seven suspects, the court, at the request of the prosecutor's office, applied arrests. Currently, one of them is still in custody.
Lieutenant SG Piotr Zakielarz: The recipients paid about 1.5 thousand for the document. euro Bieszczady Border Guard Department
Cases of some suspects were excluded to separate proceedings. 19 citizens have already been convicted of the use of false documents Ukraine and Moldova. 19 other people still remain suspected in the investigation. The case is developmental and further stops are not excluded.
Prosecutor's office: The group was acting like a well -organized enterprise
As noted by prosecutor Pętkowska, there are no heads of the criminal group among the suspects. They probably stay in Ukraine, where money from the group's activities is also transferred.
They found false documents Bieszczady Border Guard Department
Lieutenant Zakięlarz noticed that the criminal group created by Ukrainian citizens and Belarusshe acted like a well -organized company in which everyone had their own role and tasks. Some dealt with the production of fakes and their shipping, while others worked in the “financial department” and dealt with payment issues for false documents.
– Criminals provided clients with a kind of service office that dealt with contacts with people interested in buying a fake. They also, even before the service finalization, sent a photo of a finished product to customers for inspection – says the BIOSG spokesman.
He adds that the group's services were used by recipients from both Poland and other EU countries.
They also secured false stamps Bieszczady Border Guard Department
It started with a foreigner who showed a false driving license
During the activities, BIOSG officers secured over 12,000 various types of false documents allegedly issued by various institutions from European countries and money with the equivalent of about a million zlotys.
In 2020, officers from the operational and investigation group of the Bieszczady SG Branch from Korczowa came to the trail of international gang dealing with the production and distribution of false documents. Then, during the border check, the foreigner showed a false driving license.
As Lt. Zakielarz noted, border guards from this inconspicuous event began actions aimed at detecting the procedure of falsifying documents, and the support during the proceedings was also provided by officers of other Border Guard units and Europol.
Over 12,000 different types of false documents were foundBieszczady Border Guard Department
They broke the illegal printing house
The following year in Katowice officers detected the first illegal fake printing house belonging to the group and detained people who produced and sent them to recipients through international postal operators. Two years later, also in Katowice, they detected another factory of false documents and secured printing equipment, official seals, cash, seven thousand false documents and detained two Ukrainian citizens in the act.
Operating officer: It began to a false document that a foreigner used at the border crossing in KorczowaBieszczady Border Guard Department
In Gdańsk, BIOSG officers together with officers of the Border Guard Department secured two thousand false documents prepared for shipping, and in 2024 another Ukrainian citizen was detained in Krakow, dealing with the shipment of false documents to recipients throughout Europe.
In December 2024 in Katowice, BIOSG officers with the support of the SG Headquarters and the Europol office detained another seven people suspected of laundering dirty money from distribution of false documents.
Source of the main photo: Bieszczady Border Guard Department