Poland has issued a European arrest warrant against a deputy minister in the last Law and Justice (PiS) government, a spokesman for Warsaw prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The subject of the arrest warrant, former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski, is believed to be in another European Union country, the spokesman said.
Romanowski is being investigated in connection with eleven cases, including suspected membership of a criminal organization. He is alleged to have channeled large sums from a fund for crime victims to projects that were considered beneficial to the PiS by then Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro.
Romanowski, who was briefly arrested in July, denies all charges. Days later he was released on the grounds that he enjoyed immunity as a delegate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
This was lifted in October and on December 9, a Polish court ordered his arrest again. Romanowski could not be traced.
The national-conservative PiS governed Poland from 2015 to 2023 and is currently the largest opposition party.
