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Polish cops cracking down on Italian mobsters

Following last week’s high profile arrest of an Italian mobster working as a pizza chef in France, TFN looks at how Polish cops have been cracking down on the Italian mafia hiding out in Poland. Police materials

Following last week’s high profile arrest of an Italian mobster working as a pizza chef in France, TFN looks at how Polish cops have been cracking down on the Italian mafia hiding out in Poland.

Cops launch hunt for snake killer after eight pythons found STRANGLED to death in ‘woodland grave’

VIDEO: Police sprang into action after the decomposing bodies of the pythons measuring between 3-6 metres long were discovered by a rambler near the village of Tarnowo Podgórne.

Horse rider struck down by mysterious illness saved by her love for a Polish cop

Just three months into their relationship, Kasia Bukowska was struck down by a mysterious illness that left her bed-bound and crippled with intense pain.

Cops recover Poland’s Order of the White Eagle following ‘largest heist in history’

VIDEO: Discovered in Berlin along with a trove of other treasures, the Order established in 1705 by King Augustus II "The Strong", King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, disappeared following an audacious robbery in 2019.

Armed cops raid Warsaw auction house to seize ‘controversial’ painting – but leave empty-handed

Expected to fetch between PLN 14 and PLN 22 million, which would have made it the most expensive artwork sold in Poland, the painting by Jacek Malczewski was being prepared for auction at the DESA Unicum auction house when police and staff from the National Museum arrived.

Top cops bust ‘family-run’ fake money-making op after finding makeshift printing press in residential apartment

Discovered in the city of Chorzów in southern Poland, the handpicked team of crack officers seized computer equipment, a printer, paper for the production of the fake banknotes as well as a pile of counterfeit notes.

Gdańsk cops seize over 30 million illegal cigarettes during raid on ship from Singapore

According to shipping documents, the cargo was supposed to contain construction materials but instead had almost 33 million cigarettes without excise stamps. 

Cops track down ‘missing’ teens who eloped from Poznań to Rome in a 2,800 euro TAXI ride

Nicole Baryła, 14, and Łukasz Furtak, 16, were found staying in a luxurious EUR 1,400 per night apartment in the Italian capital after disappearing from their homes in Bydgoszcz and sparking a two-week manhunt.

Armed cops raid strip bars across Poland and seize gang members accused of drugging and fleecing clients

In a coordinated swoop in cities across Poland, over 500 officers stormed the Cocomo chain of clubs seizing documents, phones and computers. They also confiscated items worth 1.2 million PLN in the form of cash, cars luxury watches and  jewellery.

Poznań ‘Head Hunter’ cops nab one of Europe’s most wanted gangsters

Plank Nailed: Hungarian mobster Zoltan Plank was seized by a specialist police unit known as the ‘Head Hunters’ after they received a tip off about an address in the town of Kepno in south-central Poland.

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