On April 1, 2025, the European Parliament revoked the immunities of two Polish MEPs, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik. It is one of the most important decisions for me and many victims of their abuse of power.
It is one of the most important decisions for me and many victims of their abuse of power.
What have Kaminski and Wasik done? As former top officials of Polish special services who served from 2015 to 2023, they abused power / exploited the state apparatus, misused AML/CFT laws, and EU financial system to silence critics, their families and seize assets from dozens of prominent Polish businessmen.
Kamiński and Wąsik must face justice for the political harassment and destruction of hundreds of victims' lives over the last 10 years.
Although they are no longer in power, the consequences of their weaponization of AML/CFT laws and the entire state apparatus continue globally today: all victims still suffer from financial exclusion, lack effective instruments to restore their reputation for bunisess relations in the international market, or even simply to secure employment.
The most important: the EU AML regulation doesn’t provide any protection against such practices. That is why it is so important for the #EU Commission and #FATF to review the AML/CFT rules and develop remedies against such practices.
We presented in detail the scale of the problem and how it undermines EU competitiveness in the report: https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/726958,polish-public-prosecutors-office-restoring-independence-and-reviewing-politicised-criminal-cases-in-poland/
In late January 2025, the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw initiated an official investigation into power abuse by former Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński, his deputy Maciej Wąsik, Internal Security Agency (ABW) officers, and the former Head of the Office for Foreigners. The probe focuses on security services' actions against Lyudmyla Kozlovska of the Open Dialogue Foundation.
The attacks weren't limited to me; they targeted my family and organization as well. They mobilized the entire state apparatus against us, from tax officials to the Internal Security Agency. Their aim was to brand me a Russian agent, while ironically employing tactics reminiscent of Russian repression themselves.
We have survived, resisting and still overcome these enormous challenges thanks to #Bitcoin, being financially excluded in #Belgium.
Now, the ODF and other victims of their abuses have a real opportunity to hold these perpetrators accountable for their crimes.
I encourage other victms to follow my example and file criminal complaint against them, and in parallel defend freedom tech so we always ready to resist malicious attacks by abusers of state institutions and mechanisms.
Our joint efforts to hold them accountable will be a significant step towards justice and the restoration of democratic values in #Poland and the globally 🧡
