The adjudged crime of aliens according to the research of files of cases in the Bialystok District Court

The begginning of 1990s brought openinig of Polish borders. As Poland is transit country between East end West of Europe, incoming foreigners were not only tourists, businessmen but also criminals. Article presents results of research conducted on judicial files of District Court in Białystok. The main aim of research was to analyse the phenomenom of criminality of foreigners. The reseach was made on 48 available files from 1990–2008. The criminals were almost only men, citizens of ex–USRR countries. Most of them were Belarussian and Ukrainian citizens. However some offenders were from Eastern European countries e.g. Germany and Italy. Foreigners mostly commited crimes against property and against liability of documents. Among crimes against property most common was robbery and fencing. Offenders were also smuggling cars by Polish Eastern border. Only few foreigners were found guilty of drug trafficking. Most of convicted persons were unemployed and commited crimes for profit.Uniwersytet w Białymstok