The Polish Mafia

Guns, Drugs and Murder in the Wild, Wild East

Christopher Othen

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The History Press Ltd
07 November 2024

When communism fell in Poland, the mafia stepped in to fill the power vacuum: welcome to a world of Adidas, Kalashnikovs, and organised crime.

Welcome to a world of Adidas, Kalashnikovs, and organised crime. After the fall of communism, the most dangerous Mafia you've never heard of ran Poland as their own private playground and wallowed in all the luxury that Eastern Europe had to offer until someone at the heart of the gang turned traitor and brought it all crashing down in a bloody round of murder and betrayal.

Most Europeans know Poland for pierogi, cheap domestic staff, and questionable LGBTQ+ policies. But back in the years after the fall of communism it was a gangster state where criminals bled the country dry while police and politicians looked the other way. You can't understand Poland until you know what it was like to live there when the Cold War ended and everyone in this poor, icy corner of Eastern Europe was trying to get rich or die trying.

AUTHOR: Christopher Othen is an English writer currently based in Eastern Europe, uncomfortably close to the Russian army. His day jobs have included journalist and legal representative for asylum seekers. In off-the-clock adventures he has interviewed retired mercenaries about war crimes, discussed lost causes with political extremists, and got drunk with an ex-mujahid who knew Osama Bin Laden. He has been interviewed by Michael Portillo for Times Radio, and appeared on multiple history and military podcasts and programmes.

28 b/w illustrations

By: Christopher Othen
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781803995472
ISBN 10: 1803995475
Publication Date: 07 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

CHRISTOPHER OTHEN is an English writer currently based in Eastern Europe, uncomfortably close to the Russian army. His day jobs have included journalist and legal representative for asylum seekers. In off-the-clock adventures he has interviewed retired mercenaries about war crimes, discussed lost causes with political extremists, and got drunk with an ex-mujahid who knew Osama Bin Laden. He has been interviewed by Michael Portillo for Times Radio, and appeared on multiple history and military podcasts and programmes.