Anonymous
8/11/2025, 12:28:08 PM
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Poland launches corruption probe into Korean arms contracts
>https://defence-blog.com/poland-launches-probe-into-korean-arms-contracts/
>https://tvn24.pl/polska/zakupy-zbrojeniowe-z-korei-za-miliardy-i-tajemnicza-spolka-jest-sledztwo-badaja-faktury-st8589293
>Polish prosecutors, counterintelligence, and tax authorities are investigating a Warsaw-based company that received nearly 100 million zลoty (about $25 million) from a South Korean defense contractor shortly after multi-billion-dollar arms deals were signed between Warsaw and Seoul.
>The agreements, first signed in 2022 under then-Defense Minister Mariusz Bลaszczak, have since been amended and expanded. Current Defense Minister Wลadysลaw Kosiniak-Kamysz signed further agreements last week covering additional deliveries and the local production of K2 tanks. The total value of these orders is approaching $7 billion.
>Prosecutorโs office spokesperson Mateusz Martyniuk confirmed the criminal probe to tvn24.pl, saying it concerns โthe issuance by a Polish company to a Korean defense industry company of two VAT invoices for multi-million amounts for advisory services.โ
>An official familiar with the case told tvn24.pl that โthe Koreans transferred around one hundred million to the Polish company for advisory services. We are now carefully verifying where โ or rather to whom โ the money from the Polish company went under subsequent agreements.โ
Looks like you can take the communism out of a nation, but you can't take the corruption out. Now it's clear why Poland wanted to conclude their deals with Korea quickly and without a public tender.
>https://tvn24.pl/polska/zakupy-zbrojeniowe-z-korei-za-miliardy-i-tajemnicza-spolka-jest-sledztwo-badaja-faktury-st8589293
>Polish prosecutors, counterintelligence, and tax authorities are investigating a Warsaw-based company that received nearly 100 million zลoty (about $25 million) from a South Korean defense contractor shortly after multi-billion-dollar arms deals were signed between Warsaw and Seoul.
>The agreements, first signed in 2022 under then-Defense Minister Mariusz Bลaszczak, have since been amended and expanded. Current Defense Minister Wลadysลaw Kosiniak-Kamysz signed further agreements last week covering additional deliveries and the local production of K2 tanks. The total value of these orders is approaching $7 billion.
>Prosecutorโs office spokesperson Mateusz Martyniuk confirmed the criminal probe to tvn24.pl, saying it concerns โthe issuance by a Polish company to a Korean defense industry company of two VAT invoices for multi-million amounts for advisory services.โ
>An official familiar with the case told tvn24.pl that โthe Koreans transferred around one hundred million to the Polish company for advisory services. We are now carefully verifying where โ or rather to whom โ the money from the Polish company went under subsequent agreements.โ
Looks like you can take the communism out of a nation, but you can't take the corruption out. Now it's clear why Poland wanted to conclude their deals with Korea quickly and without a public tender.