Konrad Szczygieł

Feb 16, 2024 | vsquare.org | Konrad Szczygieł

Zuzana Šotová (investigace.cz), Konrad Szczygieł (Frontstory.pl) Illustration: Aleksandra Ołdak 2024-02-16 Spyware is a weapon. It is sold to governments and law enforcement, and used in cases of national security to surveil terrorists and organized crime. Yet it is also frequently used in violation of human rights—against journalists, opposition figures, and politicians all over the world.

Jan 11, 2024 | vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi |Konrad Szczygieł

Szabolcs Panyi (VSquare), Konrad Szczygieł (Frontstory.pl) Illustration: Aleksandra Ołdak 2024-01-11 Szabolcs Panyi (VSquare), Konrad Szczygieł (Frontstory.pl) Illustration: Aleksandra Ołdak 2024-01-11 “I won’t give you money. Find a job,” says Viktor Orbán to Volodymyr Zelensky while standing next to each other in Buenos Aires at Argentinian president Javier Milei’s inauguration. Of course, the conversation is made up.

Nov 22, 2023 | vsquare.org | Mariusz Sepioło |Konrad Szczygieł |Anastasiia Morozova

Poles in the Netherlands organized the assassination of a journalist— who supported a witness in a brutal mafia trial. We reveal how they ended up at the center of the Dutch underworldDutch drug battles are a piece of a larger picture. Polish ports are part of it: One of the smuggling routes cuts through here. One of the most important ones, since the outbreak of war in UkraineAnother piece of the drug puzzle? The Polish laboratories that mix cocaine before the drug hits the market.

Nov 16, 2023 | vsquare.org | Mariusz Sepioło |Konrad Szczygieł |Anastasiia Morozova

Officially, the investor in Regentov Kvart is a company called Lesnep from Ljubljana. Its director is Slovenian Matjaz Cerjak (he has worked in Moscow real estate companies until October 2020). He also has some links to Poland: a dozen years ago, he sat on the supervisory board of the Połczyn Zdrój Spring Water Plant. From October 2020 to March 2022, the Lesnep company changed owners.

Aug 8, 2023 | vsquare.org | Mariusz Sepioło |Konrad Szczygieł

A business conference by Slawomir Mentzen, one of the leaders of Poland’s far-right Confederation party, was sponsored by Kuchnia Vikinga (Viking’s Kitchen). The deputy head of Kuchnia Vikinda has been accused of involvement in organized crime. According to the prosecutor’s office, the gang was engaged in pimping and kidnapping, as well as recruiting skinheads for violent, pre-arranged hooligans’ fights. This article was originally published in Polish on FRONTSTORY.PLA decade ago, Paweł F.