Organized criminal groups of Georgian origin are increasingly active in Poland, becoming a serious threat to public security. Their activity focuses on robberies and robberies that bring them immense spoils. late a spectacular crime occurred in the centre of Warsaw, during which diamonds worth 110 1000 euros were stolen. The perpetrators were detained, but the stolen valuables had not yet been recovered.
Incident in Warsaw
On July 24, 2024, in the heart of Warsaw, in Mokotowska Street, there was a brazen theft. The driver who carried diamonds belonging to the Belgian jewelry company CMR Diamonds NV stopped to pay the money. During this time, the thieves who watched him pierced the tire in his car. erstwhile the driver took care of the wheel change, the perpetrators utilized the minute of indiscriminateness and stole a black leather bag with diamonds and EUR 10,000 in cash, a magnifier and a jeweler's weight.
Suspects and their activities
The thieves who have done this bold act are 28-year-old Giorgi G., 24-year-old Mukhran M., and 40-year-old Demna B., all Georgian citizens. They were legally present in Poland and are suspected of participating in another crimes throughout the country, including the robbery of the cantor owner in Wałbrzych, where 500 1000 zlotys were taken.
As indicated Prosecutor Piotr Skiba from the territory Attorney's Office in Warsaw, this is another Georgian criminal group that has been identified and broken up in Warsaw in the last 2 months. Georgian gangs specialize in thefts on the alleged "collegiate", robberies and robberies, and their victims are frequently couriers and cantor workers. The procedure is highly bold – criminals observe people paying cash in banks or cantors, pierce tires in their cars, and then erstwhile victims effort to find out what happened, they bargain money and valuable items. Another method is to break the glass in the car and take valuables.
Difficulties in processing
Georgian crime groups operate in an organized manner and effectively hide their spoils, making it hard to analyse and recover stolen items. As D.A. Skiba notes, the deficiency of recovery indicates that the spoils are rapidly hidden or sent to another persons liable for logistics and concealing traces of criminal activity. The services fishy that behind the organization of these crimes there may be alleged “bags in the order” – the leaders of the post-Soviet mafia who organize jumps and take over spoils. Georgian gangs operate not only in Poland but besides in another European countries, which further complicates their development.
Increase in crime rates
The work of Georgian criminal groups is hard due to their hermetic and complicated household ties. As noted by the erstwhile head of the CBI, General Adam Maruszczak, crime among east citizens is at a different phase than in Poland and can be expected to escalate. Georgian crime facilitates easy entry – citizens of Georgia without visas can enter the Schengen area for up to 90 days (within six months) for business, tourist or household purposes. Just a biometric passport. This facilitates the usage of criminals who come from Kutaisi, keep quiet if they halt by.
In the first half of 2024, there were 8940 foreigners who committed crimes in Poland, as many as 1071 are Georgian citizens. Although this figure is lower than in the same period of the erstwhile year, Georgian crime remains a serious challenge for Polish services, which intensify their efforts to combat it. As we reported, the number of foreigners in Polish prisons increased twice compared to 2020. Half of them are Ukrainians.
There are presently 2407 foreigners in prisons in our country. Most of them are Ukrainians – 1261. Taking second place Georgians is nearly 4 times little – 330. The number of inmates in Belarus is 146.
Expert opinions
“Rzeczpospolita” admits that the increase in the number of foreigners in Polish prisons is closely related to mass immigration. "According to planet trends and research, migrants are becoming hard to adapt to fresh conditions. We have the poorest group of foreigners to find themselves in a fresh reality," said the criminologist quoted by the newspaper, Prof. Brunon Holyst.
Former Head of Polish Prisons, Paweł Moczidłowski, he pointed out that we must number on more and more foreigners in Polish prisons. He besides pointed out the problems involved.
In May of this year, we wrote that according to the data of the Police Headquarters, foreigners account for as much as 40 percent of those wanted by the police in Poland in connection with article 148 KK (murder). Among them are Ukrainian citizens, and the second is Russian citizens.
Over 17 1000 crimes were committed by foreigners in Poland last year. The problem is mostly drunk driving and related violations of court orders. According to experts, any immigrants feel unpunished.
According to KGP data, 17,278 abroad visitors committed crimes in Poland in 2023. This is an increase of 2.4 1000 compared to 2022 and 5 times more than a decade ago. statistic show that Ukrainians (more than 50 percent of foreigners with allegations) and Georgians (more than 2.7 thousand) and Belarusians (more than 1,000 people) were most likely to commit crimes.
In March of this year, “Rzeczpospolita” stated, citing the data of the Police Headquarters, that in 2023 10 percent of the full citizens of Georgia legally residing in Poland committed crimes. Most of all, it's stealing and driving in a sober state. The paper wrote that this was the consequence of a crucial facilitation of Georgian arrival in Poland.
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