Krzysztof Rutkowski
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Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
, occasional actor and celebrity. He is the most renowned Polish private detective who began his career specializing in finding and returning to their owners stolen vehicles, artworks etc.
Also took part in many TV footages and fabularized shows like the Detektyw series of the TVN
TVN (Poland)
TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert. The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A...
station depicting the life and methods of a private detective.
Later in his career Rutkowski rescued many kidnapped people including Polish women, who married Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
men and could not escape harsh reality of the Middle-East and wanted to return to Poland but were mistreated and detained by their husbands and families. Krzysztof Rutkowski captured numerous criminals who were hiding abroad and could not be extradited
Extradition
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His actions often caused strong diplomatic protests because he used his diplomatic passport
Passport
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to enter other countries, which he would not have been allowed in if he had used a normal one.
Those events were also presented in the aforementioned TV series. Krzysztof Rutkowski was arrested on the 22nd July 2006 by the Polish ABW
Agencja Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego
The Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego is the Polish government counterintelligence state agency tasked with the collecting of domestic intelligence etc. Foreign operations counterpart is Agencja Wywiadu.-See also:...
(Internal Security Agency) on various charges like conspiracy and money laundering.
Repatriation of Polish 9-year old from Norway
In June 2011 Rutkowski led a group of civillians that removed a Polish 9-year old from the custody of Norwegian authorities, and repatriated her. Reactions included Khalid SkahKhalid Skah
Khalid Skah is a Moroccan athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Midelt, Morocco, Khalid Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner by winning the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1991.His first major tournament on track was 1991 World...
's comment that "Now Norwegian authorities can taste their own medicine." (Skah has had 2 of his children kidnapped by a group of Norwegians including commando
Commando
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/Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander
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T.A.Bolle
Trond André Bolle
Trond André Bolle was a Norwegian military officer and a commando of Marinejegerkommandoen, with the rank of orlogskaptein. He was awarded War Cross ....
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