{"id":501217,"date":"2025-12-10T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=501217"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:35:45","slug":"poland-dismantles-illegal-immigration-network-belarusian-citizens-among-the-detainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/poland-dismantles-illegal-immigration-network-belarusian-citizens-among-the-detainees","title":{"rendered":"Poland Dismantles Illegal Immigration Network; Belarusian Citizens Among the Detainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Poland\u2019s Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out a major operation against a group involved in the illegal legalization of foreign nationals. The action, conducted together with the Border Guard and the Prosecutor\u2019s Office, targeted a scheme that had been operating from 2020 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the group used forged documents \u2014 including fictitious employment certificates and false proof of residence \u2014 to submit applications for residence permits. Up to 1,500 citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Turkey and other countries may have used the group\u2019s services, which cost between 3,000 and 5,000 zlotys (USD 800\u20131,400).<\/p>\n<p>More than 160 police officers and border guards took part in coordinated raids across three voivodeships. Twenty-four people were detained, including citizens of Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the Philippines. A 52-year-old Polish national and a 39-year-old Ukrainian citizen are suspected of leading the group.<\/p>\n<p>During searches, officers seized computers, mobile phones, documents, 40,000 zlotys in cash and a car. Prosecutors have charged the detainees with participating in an organised criminal group, facilitating illegal residence, document forgery and providing false testimony. Two suspects were placed under arrest, while the others are under police supervision and banned from leaving the country.<\/p>\n<p>Police note that at least 20 foreigners who obtained residency through the group later committed crimes in other EU states, often within local criminal networks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_94933\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZywU5ysEOE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=ru&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=0&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_501157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501157\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-501157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464582.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464582-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464582-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464582-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464582-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-501157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: CBSP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_501156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501156\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-501156 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464575.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464575-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464575-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464575-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-464575-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-501156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: CBSP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland\u2019s Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out a major operation against a group involved in the illegal legalization of foreign nationals. The action, conducted together with the Border Guard and the Prosecutor\u2019s Office, targeted a scheme that had been operating from 2020 to 2024. According to police, the group used forged documents \u2014 including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":501216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/693930e6b17fd.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Poland Dismantles Illegal Immigration Network; Belarusian Citizens Among the Detainees"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}