Marek Władysław Papała (September 4, 1959 – June 25, 1998) was a Polish police officer and

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from January 3, 1997, to January 29, 1998, who died as a result of a gunshot head wound from a silenced TT pistol on June 25, 1998. Officially, Papała died at the hands of a car thief turned state witness Igor L. Due to numerous inaccuracies the investigation was criticized by many former police officers and journalists. The Papała

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is widely regarded as the most serious unsolved crime involving former communist security services SB, high-ranking members of the government, and the mafia, since Poland's transition to democracy in 1989.

Awards and decorations

Commander's Cross of the

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(posthumously, 1998) * Silver Cross of Merit (21 October 1993) * POL Medal Milito Pro Christo BAR

Medal „Milito Pro Christo” (posthumously, 2001)

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Ex-Polish Police Chief Is Found Shot Dead

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