GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS CRIMINAL BUREAU

1. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU Illegal turnoverof plant protection products of unknown origin. captain Krzysztof Kot

2. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU • Overview: • role and tasks of the police • structure of the police units • penal and other regulations • criminal activities • crime methods • cooperation

3. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU Police role Under the Police Act (April 10, 1990, law gazzette No. 43 item 277), the police is obliged to undertake measures aimed at detecting and investigating crimes and their offenders. The police deal with crimes related to illegal turnoverof plant protection products of unknown origin.

4. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU • Police tasks • in combating illegal turnover of plant protection products • detection of the crime • investigaion of the crime • combating illegal turnover • cooperation with other agencies

5. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS Criminal Bureau Fraud Squad REGIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS Fraud Squads DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS POLICE STATION

6. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU Penal regulations Art. 270 Penal code § 1.  Whoever, in order to use as authentic, forges or fakesdocument or uses as authentic, shall be subject to a fine, the penalty of restriction of libertyor the penalty of deprivation of liberty for a term ofbetween 3 months and 5 years. Art. 165 Penal code § 1. Whoeverbrings about danger to lives or health of many people or danger to property on a large scale:2) producing or putting into turnover substancesharmful to health, foodstuffs or another goods for public use as well as pharmaceutical goods unsuitable to binding quality conditions shall be subject tothe penalty of deprivation of liberty for a term ofbetween 6 months and 8 years.

7. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU Penal regulations Article 182 Penal code § 1. Whoever pollutes the water, air or ground with a substance orcontaminates with ionising radiation in such quantities or form that it couldendanger the life or health of many persons or cause destruction to plant andanimal life of considerable dimensionsshall be subject to the penalty of the deprivation of liberty for a term ofbetween 3 months and 5 years. Art. 306 Penal code. Whoever removes, forges or fakes identification marks, production or expiry date of a good or device, shall be subject to the penalty of the deprivation of liberty for a term of toup to 3 years.

8. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU Penal regulations Art. 24 Unfair Competition Act. Whoever, with the use of technical measures of reproduction, duplicates outer form of product or puts into turnovera product duplicated in a such way, creating posibilities to mislead clients about a producer or a product identity, which does serious damage to a entrepreneur, shall be subject to a fine, the penalty of restriction of libertyor the penalty of deprivation of liberty for a term up to2 years. Art. 305 Trademark Act 1. Whoever, in order to put into turnover, marks goods with forged trademark, registrated trademark, which they have no right to use, or makes turnover of goods marked with such trademarks, shall be subject to a fine, the penalty of restriction of libertyor the penalty of deprivation of liberty for a term up to2 years.

9. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU Other regulations Art.108 Nature Preservation Act § 1.  Whoever sells unauthorizedplant protection products - withdraws them from turnover at their own expense and pays into the account of relevantregional Environmental Protection Inspectorateregarding the place of seat or place of residence, sanction chargeequivalent to 200 % of the amount of value of sold plant protection productsaccording to their sale price from the issued sale document. § 2. Whoever engages in turnover or trade in plant protection productswithout registration entry- pays into the account of relevantregional Environmental Protection Inspectorateregarding the place of seat or place of residence, sanction chargeequivalent to he amount of 2.270 zlotys.

10. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU • Criminal activities • trade in illegal plant protection products • smuggling • unauthorized transport • improper storage • legalization • frauds • pollution (plant, water, air, soil)

11. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU • Methods of criminal activities • (modus operandi) • forgery of the labels of plant protection preparations • faking the content of plant protection preparations • tax an financial fraud • forgery of documents of origin • smuggling – organized crime

12. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU • Cooperation with agencies • Customs Services • Border Guard • Environmental Protection Inspectorates • Ministry of Finance (Customs services, tax offices) • Ministry of Agriculture

13. GENERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERSCRIMINAL BUREAU • Cooperation with agencies/ bodies • Plant Protection and Fertilizers Inspection Department (PIORiN/ WIORiN) • Companies– the trademark owners • Health Inspection Department (PIS) • Trading Standards Department (PIH) • Scientific research institutes

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