Former transport minister detained on corruption charges

Poland's former Transport Minister Slawomir N. (last name withheld) was detained on Monday on charges of corruption, leading an organised crime group and money laundering, PAP was told by a spokesperson for the district prosecution in Warsaw. Miroslawa Chyr said that Slawomir N. had been detained as a result of an international investigation conducted by a team of prosecutors from Poland and Ukraine, as well as agents of Poland's Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) and the Ukrainian anti-corruption service NABU. The team was set up due to "the transnational nature of the organised crime group."