Details on the mysterious anti-corruption agent who uses seduction as part of his method of entrapment have emerged, following more allegations of how he lured another woman into his trap.
by Monika Greszta and Peter Gentle
In September, Weronika Marczuk-Pazura, star of the Polish version of the popular "You can dance" TV programme, was caught by an agent from the anti-corruption bureau (CBA) allegedly taking a bribe from the chairman of a publishing house, in a deal which she was acting as a middle woman.
Weronika Marczuk-Pazura has since said that she was trapped by an agent from the CBA, who tried to seduce her. “His eyes were heavy with passion as he tried to seduce me,” says Marczuk-Pazura, who admits she trusted the man, especially after he met her family and friends.
Press reports say that the same agent - known as “Tomek” - seduced Civic Platform politician Beata Sawicka last year while investigating her for being involved in a corrupt land deal.
“Tomek” was also involved in a failed operation to entrap Jolanta Kwasniewska and her husband, former President Aleksander Kwasniewski, while under suspicion of receiving illegal income.
Tomasz, or Tomasz K. sometimes acts under the name of Tomasz Piotrowski or Tomasz Malecki, reports "TVN24", "Rzeczpospolita", "Dziennik" and other newspapers.
Tomek Bond?
The 33 year-old apparently drives a luxurious Porshe Cayenne but sometimes rides a Harley; he wears Armani and Prada clothes and lives in a luxurious apartment. His wallet bursts at the seams with cash and gold credit cards and his “Hollywood smile” melts women’s hearts, report Poland’s newspapers, breathlessly. The only thing missing from the press reports is a Martini, shaken, not stirred.
He started his career as a policeman but was quickly promoted to the Central Investigation Bureau in 2006. Because of his supposed acting talent, Tomek was involved in covert operations, aimed at detaining international drug dealers.
His former boss at the CBA bristles, however, when he hears his former agent described as a playboy. “[Agent Tomek] is a highly professional and experienced officer who has been conducted special operations aimed at combating organized crime and drug trafficking,” says Mariusz Kaminski.
Kaminski was sacked last week by Prime Minister Tusk as head of the CBA after accusing him of using the agency as a political tool against opponents of the Law and Justice party, which originally set up the unit after they came to power on a populist, anti-corruption ticket in the general election of 2005.
The former head of the CBA added it was unfair to describe Tomasz K. as a ladies’ man who is extravagant with money. “In order to look credible, Tomek had to be like a mirror which reflects the values appreciated by the social group he operated in,” says Kaminski. Now, that the identity of the agent has been revealed and his cover blown, his life is in serious danger, warns Kaminski.
Though accused of using seduction to lure his prey into his lair, more serious charges made against Agent Tomek, and the CBA in general, is the use of entrapment, provocation and set ups when trying to gain evidence of corruption among politicians and businesspeople. “He is a ruthless man,” says Jan J., who acted as a go-between in one of his investigations. (pg/mg)
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Sawicka accuses CBA officers , thenews.pl 21.01.2008
Former MP Sawicka officially charged with corruption , thenews.pl 06.11.2007
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Agent Tomek on YouTube (pictures):