Polish cash-for-visa scandal

The Polish cash-for-visa scandal (Polish: afera wizowa, lit. 'visa affair', also called: Polish: mafia wizowa, lit. 'visa mafia') was a political scandal concerning alleged corruption in the granting of travel visas by officials of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Polish consular service.^[1]^[2] The majority of recipients left Poland for other Schengen Area countries or for North America.^[3] According to critics, up to 350,000 visas may have been illegally issued in return for bribes.^[4]

^ Szczęśniak, Agata. "Na czym polega "afera wizowa"?" [What is the visa scandal?]. oko.press (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ Stankiewicz, Andrzej (14 September 2023). "Wawrzyk, Bollywood i specsłużby USA. Ujawniamy kulisy afery wizowej". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ Bartosz T. Wieliński, Afera wizowa. Polska zaczęła zagrażać sąsiadom [Visagate. Poland has begun to threaten its neighbours.], Gazeta Wyborcza, archived from the original on 26 September 2023, retrieved 24 September 2023
^ "10 faktów na temat afery wizowej, które trzeba znać" [10 facts that must be known about visagate]. onet.pl (in Polish). Onet Wiadomości. 14 September 2023. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.