Reprivatisation Fraud In Warsaw
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The reprivatisation fraud in Warsaw happened on a massive scale during the , which was performed after the fall of the
Communist Poland The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. ...
to reverse the post-World War II nationalisation of the land in the city. A particularly notable affair regarding a lot on Chmielna Street in the downtown of Warsaw was uncovered after a series of investigative reports published by ''
Gazeta Wyborcza (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), t ...
'' in 2016. (This had earned the journalists the Grand Press 2016 award, the highest award for journalism in Poland and several other awards. ) In 2017 the Polish government established a dedicated ; as of July 2018 the Commission has reversed over a dozen of the decisions, but some of its rulings have led to further controversies and several trials.


See also

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Miasto Jest Nasze The City Is Ours (, MJN) is an independent citizen platform launched in 2013 in Warsaw, as of 2014 registered as a non-profit civic association. Miasto Jest Nasze is considered to be one of the major urban movements in Poland. In 2018 Polish ...
* Property restitution in Poland


References

Corruption in Poland 21st century in Warsaw Economic history of Warsaw 2010s in Warsaw {{Poland-stub