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Polish mafia gangs use disabled to milk bogus benefits
'''Crime in Poland''' is lower than in many countries of [[Western Europe]]. The 2005 surveys placed Poland below the European average, with victimisation rate lower than in Ireland, England and Wales, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Estonia, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden and Norway<ref>J. van Dijk, J. van Kesteren, P. Smit, [http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/pdf_files/ICVS2004_05report.pdf Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective, Key Findings from the 2004-2005 ICVS and EU ICS], WODC 2007</ref>. Newer studies (2009) report that the victimisation rate in Poland is constantly decreasing, and in 2008 Poland was 25th among 36 European countries <ref>A. Siemaszko, B. Gruszczyńska, M. Marczewski [http://www.iws.org.pl/index.php?id=196 Atlas przestępczości w Polsce 4], Instytut Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, 2009</ref> <ref>E. Siedlecka, [http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,6337224,Lawinowy_spadek_przestepczosci.html Lawinowy spadek przestępczości], Gazeta Wyborcza, 2.3.2009</ref>. Nevertheless, the 2004 report on security concerns of European Union residents indicates that most afraid of crime is the population of Poland (along with Greece), which does not at all correlate with the actual crime threat<ref>J. van Dijk, R. Manchin, J. van Kesteren, S. Nevala, G. Hideg [http://www.europeansafetyobservatory.eu/downloads/EUICS_The%20Burden%20of%20Crime%20in%20the%20EU.pdf The Burden of Crime in the EU] Research Report: A Comparative Analysis of the European Crime and Safety Survey (EU ICS) 2005</ref>.


Polish mafia clans are bringing coachloads of handicapped immigrants to Britain to claim a fortune in bogus disability benefit claims.
Car theft rate in Poland is about the European average and it is lower than in England and Wales, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Iceland, Italy and Norway <ref>J. van Dijk, J. van Kesteren, P. Smit, [http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/pdf_files/ICVS2004_05report.pdf Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective, Key Findings from the 2004-2005 ICVS and EU ICS], WODC 2007</ref>.


The gang bosses target handicapped Poles in their homeland and set them to work in the UK on high-paying frauds and benefits stings.
The [[crime rate]] is the highest in the [[Upper Silesia]], where both the earnings and the unemployment is the highest and the number of social [[deviation]]s is growing.


"They have worked out that the disabled are able to claim a lot of benefits in Britain and are much less likely to be suspected of fraud.
==Organized crime==
While local organized crime in Poland existed during the interwar period, it has mostly developed during the time of [[fall of communism]] (late 1980s/1990s) with the introduction of [[capitalism|capitalist]] system in Poland and the lessening of the [[Polish police|police]] ([[milicja]]) power. Currently the so-called Polish [[mafia]] has two major groups: the ''[[Pruszków]] Mafia'' and the ''[[Wołomin]] Mafia''.


"And they are also a lot less likely to make trouble for the gang because of their disabilities and they see precious little of all the money they make for the gangs," said one Polish police source.
==Crime in Poland by city==
List of Polish cities most affected by crimes<ref>''[[Wprost]]'', June 2006</ref>


Within hours of arriving in the UK, the handicapped immigrants are set up to claim a string of disability benefits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" align=center style="text-align: center"
|-
!No.
!City
!Number of crimes<br />per 100,000 inhabitants
|-
|1.
|[[Katowice]]
|7063,7
|-
|2.
|[[Chorzów]]
|6733,3
|-
|3.
|[[Legnica]]
|6361,5
|-
|4.
|[[Kalisz]]
|6228,2
|-
|5.
|[[Gdańsk]]
|6133,7
|-
|6.
|[[Poznań]]
|6109,2
|-
|7.
|[[Wrocław]]
|5983,4
|-
|8.
|[[Kraków]]
|5974,2
|-
|9.
|[[Kielce]]
|5926,6
|-
|10.
|[[Gliwice]]
|5733,5
|-
|11.
|[[Opole]]
|5649,8
|-
|12.
|[[Włocławek]]
|5626,9
|-
|13.
|[[Warszawa]]
|5353,2
|-
|14.
|[[Bytom]]
|5332,5
|-
|15.
|[[Elbląg]]
|5328,1
|-
|16.
|[[Zielona Góra]]
|5193,2
|-
|17.
|[[Tarnów]]
|5187,3
|-
|18.
|[[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]
|5156,6
|-
|19.
|[[Szczecin]]
|5120,9
|-
|20.
|[[Toruń]]
|5120,2
|-
|21.
|[[Łódź]]
|5116,4
|-
|22.
|[[Sosnowiec]]
|5051,7
|-
|23.
|[[Bielsko-Biała]]
|4969,1
|-
|24.
|[[Lublin]]
|4968,7
|-
|25.
|[[Zabrze]]
|4808,8
|-
|26.
|[[Wałbrzych]]
|4710,2
|-
|27.
|[[Dąbrowa Górnicza]]
|4690,8
|-
|28.
|[[Radom]]
|4670,1
|-
|29.
|[[Bydgoszcz]]
|4515,1
|-
|30.
|[[Rybnik]]
|4500,7
|-
|31.
|[[Gdynia]]
|4328,1
|-
|32.
|[[Olsztyn]]
|4317
|-
|33.
|[[Koszalin]]
|4004,7
|-
|34.
|[[Ruda Śląska]]
|3945,3
|-
|35.
|[[Rzeszów]]
|3890,9
|-
|36.
|[[Tychy]]
|3842,7
|-
|37.
|[[Częstochowa]]
|3786,5
|-
|38.
|[[Płock]]
|3262,5
|-
|39.
|[[Białystok]]
|2977
|-
|}


When those have been milked to the maximum, their gang masters bully them into taking out fraudulent bank loans and credit card agreements.
==References==
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Finally when the mafia gangs have no further use for them the confused, disabled immigrants are either abandoned or brought home to Poland to avoid being quizzed by police.


Desperate Polish police chiefs and government authorities are now seeking help from Scotland Yard to catch the gang bosses, believed locally to be controlled by Roma mafia clans.
==Further reading==
*Emil Pływaczewski, [http://books.google.com/books?id=iegCkMlnI_UC&pg=PA467&lpg=PA467&dq=%22Crime+in+Poland%22+-wikipedia&source=web&ots=eoqK0skknO&sig=6QPkVYbFW-5FVS1M-SenB6j98_A&hl=en ''Organised Crime in Poland: Its Development from 'Real Socialism' to Present Times''] in Cyrille Fijnaut, Letizia Paoli, ''Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the European Union and Beyond'', Springer, 2004, ISBN 1402026153
*S. P. Bartnicki, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Epw9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=%22Crime+in+Poland%22+-wikipedia&source=web&ots=8DloV5NKZQ&sig=Jwu7rlbj4_2bf2CvUDirkmxQll0&hl=en CRIME IN POLAND: TRENDS, REGIONAL PATTERNS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AWARENESS''], in David J. Evans, David T. Herbert, ''The Geography of Crime'', Routledge, 1989, ISBN 0415004535
* Carl B. Klockars, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic, Maria R. Haberfeld, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hMCfVgpHiC4C&pg=PA200&dq=Law+enforcement+in+Poland&as_brr=3&ei=l1j6R8iMB4uOywSR0_ChBA&sig=ClYYA2D727E1ozmBb3B4NSi8kCE Crime in Contemporary Poland] in ''The Contours of Police Integrity'', Sage Publications Inc, 2003, ISBN 0761925864
*[http://www.springerlink.com/content/f93704t537j53k51/ Organized crime in poland: how to combat it?], European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Volume 2, Numbers 2-3 / June, 1994, 0928-1371 (Print) 1572-9869 (Online)


"They get free transport and there they are given board and lodging, but they have to sign some papers.
==See also==
* [[Football hooliganism in Poland]]
* [[Polish Mob]] (in United States)


"They are told that these are papers to do with crossing the border but we understand that they are loan agreements," said Eugeniusz Danczak, mayor of Debnica Kaszubska, in northern Poland.
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"This is very worrying - that is why I told the police."
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Local police claim they have asked Scotland Yard for help but have received no co-operation.
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"Our economic crime department was informed that gypsies in Slupsk were offering people trips to England to take up fictional jobs.
[[pl:Przestępczość]]

"When they got to Britain, Roma people set them up bank accounts and this leads to various kinds of fraud. For example they take out cash loans for these people," said Jacek Bujarski, spokesman for the police in Slupsk, northern Poland.

"We began investigating the matter and we passed our findings on to the British, but so far we've had no response from them," he added.

One local disabled student, who refused to give his name, told local media that the mafia has terrorised locals so that they are afraid to talk to the police.

"I go to a special school for the handicapped. But please don't write which one. They approached me and they said they would take me to England by bus.

"There they would set me up a bank account and I would have a salary," he explained.

"They were gipsies from Slupsk. They came here in a red Mercedes jeep. There were three of them. They wanted to take my brother too.

"One school-mate of mine went with them. He stayed there a week. They took his documents and now they have come back to him with some kind of papers, I think it's the debts he has to pay. A lot of people know about this but they are afraid to talk," he said.

Austrian Times

Revision as of 15:22, 21 March 2009

Polish mafia gangs use disabled to milk bogus benefits

Polish mafia clans are bringing coachloads of handicapped immigrants to Britain to claim a fortune in bogus disability benefit claims.

The gang bosses target handicapped Poles in their homeland and set them to work in the UK on high-paying frauds and benefits stings.

"They have worked out that the disabled are able to claim a lot of benefits in Britain and are much less likely to be suspected of fraud.

"And they are also a lot less likely to make trouble for the gang because of their disabilities and they see precious little of all the money they make for the gangs," said one Polish police source.

Within hours of arriving in the UK, the handicapped immigrants are set up to claim a string of disability benefits.

When those have been milked to the maximum, their gang masters bully them into taking out fraudulent bank loans and credit card agreements.

Finally when the mafia gangs have no further use for them the confused, disabled immigrants are either abandoned or brought home to Poland to avoid being quizzed by police.

Desperate Polish police chiefs and government authorities are now seeking help from Scotland Yard to catch the gang bosses, believed locally to be controlled by Roma mafia clans.

"They get free transport and there they are given board and lodging, but they have to sign some papers.

"They are told that these are papers to do with crossing the border but we understand that they are loan agreements," said Eugeniusz Danczak, mayor of Debnica Kaszubska, in northern Poland.

"This is very worrying - that is why I told the police."

Local police claim they have asked Scotland Yard for help but have received no co-operation.

"Our economic crime department was informed that gypsies in Slupsk were offering people trips to England to take up fictional jobs.

"When they got to Britain, Roma people set them up bank accounts and this leads to various kinds of fraud. For example they take out cash loans for these people," said Jacek Bujarski, spokesman for the police in Slupsk, northern Poland.

"We began investigating the matter and we passed our findings on to the British, but so far we've had no response from them," he added.

One local disabled student, who refused to give his name, told local media that the mafia has terrorised locals so that they are afraid to talk to the police.

"I go to a special school for the handicapped. But please don't write which one. They approached me and they said they would take me to England by bus.

"There they would set me up a bank account and I would have a salary," he explained.

"They were gipsies from Slupsk. They came here in a red Mercedes jeep. There were three of them. They wanted to take my brother too.

"One school-mate of mine went with them. He stayed there a week. They took his documents and now they have come back to him with some kind of papers, I think it's the debts he has to pay. A lot of people know about this but they are afraid to talk," he said.

Austrian Times

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