Special Services

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has signed amendments to regulations extending the scope and detail of information provided by special services in applications submitted to the prosecution service and courts for operational surveillance.

On 5 August 2024, the Minister for Special Services Coordination, Tomasz Siemoniak, met with the Ambassador of Australia to Poland, His Excellency Benjamin Albert Hayes.

On the basis of close Polish-American ties, allied cooperation, and shared security interests, as well as a common understanding of democratic values, the authorities of the Republic of Poland-the President, the Prime Minister, and the government-have agreed to the request of the United States authorities to include, in accordance with Polish law, Paweł Rubcow, an officer of the GRU arrested in Poland in 2022 while carrying out intelligence tasks in Europe and awaiting trial, in an exchange of persons imprisoned in Russia and Belarus and NATO countries. Under the exchange, a group of officers and collaborators of Russian special services was transferred to Russia, while a group of unjustly accused and convicted citizens of Western states and Russian human rights and democracy defenders left Russia and Belarus.

From 1 July 2024, by decision of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Internal Security Agency delegations were reinstated in Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Łódź, Olsztyn, Opole, Radom, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Wrocław and Zielona Góra.

On 20 June 2024, the Minister for Special Services Coordination, Mr Tomasz Siemoniak, met with the Coordinator for Special Services of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ms Dagmar Busch.

On 5 June 2024, the Minister of the Interior and Administration and Coordinator of Special Services, Mr Tomasz Siemoniak, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda, Mr Anastase Shyaka.

The College for Special Services, which met on 10 May, was briefed by the heads of the special services on current findings regarding the circumstances of Tomasz Szmydt's flight to Belarus and his cooperation with a foreign intelligence service. Intensive investigative activities are ongoing, including interviews, searches, and the securing of evidence.

On 6 May, the Minister for Special Services Coordination, Tomasz Siemoniak, participated in the Defence24 Days conference. This two-day event is a key occasion in Central and Eastern Europe, dedicated to crucial defence and security issues.