{"id":167560,"date":"2025-12-10T14:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"dozens-arrested-in-poland-in-probe-into-foreigners-legalization-scheme","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167560\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens arrested in Poland probe into foreigners\u2019 legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Polish authorities arrested 24 people suspected of belonging to a criminal group that legalized the stay of foreigners in Poland using forged documents, the Polish Border Guards reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group included nationals of Belarus, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well\u00a0as two gang leaders: a 52-year-old Pole and a 39-year-old Ukrainian, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2020 and 2024, members of the group produced fictitious job offers and false declarations of the foreigners&#8217; alleged place of residence, misleading local authorities and helping foreigners obtain Polish residence permits, investigators said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 1,500 people benefited from these activities, including immigrants from Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as African countries. Each foreigner reportedly paid up to 5,000 Polish z\u0142otys (some $1,375) for this type of assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Foreigner given three years in prison for organizing illegal migration<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 10, Pozirk. A 29-year-old foreign national has been sentenced to three years in a Belarusian prison on charges of organizing illegal migration, the Investigative Committee reports. The man, whose citizenship was not disclosed, arrived in Minsk two years ago &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167546\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 10, Pozirk. Polish authorities arrested 24 people suspected of belonging to a criminal group that legalized the stay of foreigners in Poland using forged documents, the Polish Border Guards reports. The group included nationals of Belarus, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well\u00a0as two gang leaders: a 52-year-old Pole and a 39-year-old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-167560","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dozens arrested in Poland probe into foreigners\u2019 legalization | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 10, Pozirk. 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