Gospodarka a rosyjskojęzyczna mafia

only over a part of activities involving auto transport and drug dealing. 

Kosovo Albanians attempted to regain power in 2008 by establishing a drug 

dealing network in Poznan (a city considered to be the Russian criminal 

capital in Poland. As a result, several cases involving murders of Albanians 

took place, inclusively the murder of relatives of Kosovo Prime Minister 

Hashim Thaci. Over a long period of time, taking advantage of the fact that Poland is 

a country with well-developed transit routes, many RSOCGs specialized 

in road robberies. There were different methods used by the perpetrators 

of road robberies with the goal of extorting a fee for driving through Polish territory, which ranged from attacks on people resting at border crossing points, car parks, petrol stations, etc.; stopping cars at communication 

routes by blocking the road with the perpetrators cars or by placing objects 

on the road which destroy the tires of the victim’s car; stopping cars under 

the pretence of police control by using police uniforms, for example. The 

most effective means, which was very frequently used by these groups, is 

so-called criminal terrorism, which has the purpose of weakening the victim 

psychologically It is easier to describe criminal activities of the RSOCGs and the difficulties in countering it efficiently, by looking at the example of the Bialystok 

district. The eastern border of this district is the national border between 

Poland and Belarus, with five border-crossing points in this sector. Due to 

existing communication systems, former Soviet citizens who visit Poland 

or are travelling farther via Poland arrive in the Bialystok district. In 1996, 

on average about 450 vehicles were crossing the border crossing points at 

Polowce and Kuynica Bialostocka per day. Tourists and traders were regularly accompanied by criminals from the same countries. In this district over 90 percent of criminal acts were committed by foreigners involve Russian speaking perpetrators. The crimes committed by this group are most often road robberies 

against fellow citizens, armed extortion, smuggling cars from illegal sources 

and the related production of false documents and identification plates for 

the vehicles, crimes related to excise tax (usually involving cigarettes and 

alcohol) and minor offences related to tragic regulations. The data provided