Ukrainians in Poland have taken control of a significant share of the drug trade and other criminal activities – Media

Ukrainians in Poland have taken control of a significant portion of the drug trade, carry out raids on currency exchange points, engage in extortion, and provide “protection” for businesses.

This was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza, citing police sources.

Ukrainians are actively filling the gaps left by Polish gangs, which have shifted from activities focused on physical violence to fraud and financial scams.

At the same time, Ukrainian criminals like to show off—they drive expensive cars and flaunt their wealth. This sets them apart from Georgians, the second most involved criminal diaspora in Warsaw.

Additionally, a large flow of weapons and sex workers is coming from Ukraine, the publication writes.

Ukrainians have committed half of the crimes (1,515 out of 3,129) attributed to foreigners in Warsaw. Across Poland, Ukrainians also rank first in crime rates among foreign nationals.

For example, at the end of January, media reported that a Ukrainian man attacked a resident of the Polish city of Poznań, bit off her ear, and stole her car.

At the same time, Ukrainian citizens make up more than half of the foreign inmates in Polish prisons, according to RMF FM.

It is worth noting that Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stated that his fellow citizens are tired of the war in Ukraine, with one of the reasons being the influx of Ukrainian refugees.