Mieczyslaw Wachowski, former Polish president Lech Walesa’s chief aide was taken into police custody on September 16, 2005, on suspicion of receiving bribes while holding public office. The public prosecutors suspect the aide of accepting huge bribes for pushing through legal matters concerning licenses for various business activities. Wachowski was a taxi driver turned presidential Secretary of State during the 1990-95 administration of Lech Walesa. The prosecutor’s office in Lodz suspects the former presidential aide of accepting bribes worth some $300 million from Andrzej Galkiewicz, a Polish businessmen who allegedly was looking for help in securing building permits for his supermarket located on the outskirts of the city.

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