Bogdan Gasiński (born November 2, 1971, in Kożuchów) is a Polish man who until 2001 worked as one of regional directors for a company named Inter Commerce owned by multimillionaire Rudolf Skowroński (missing since 2005). He gained notoriety in November/December 2001 as the supposed source of allegations about bribing of top Polish politicians by Skowroński, and as the source of allegations of visits by Afghan militants to the Polish village of Klewki related to alleged anthrax experimentation conducted there.Wiernikowska pp. 23-35. Translation of an excerpt: G: At Inter Commerce, I was a director. I was associated with the company since 1992, even during my work for the state-owned bus transport company in Głogów, in Leszno and in Jelenia Góra. [...] W: And what was going on in Klewki? [...] G: About 250 [cattle] were buried, because during my tenure, experiments of an unknown nature, ordered by Mr. Skowroński, were conducted on that cattle. W: What kind of experiments? G: Vaccines of various kinds were tested, including [experiments] on causing E. coli, gangrenous mastitis-related bacteria, and anthrax too. I remember how it started: in the summer of 2000 Mr. Skowroński arrived in Klewki in his helicopter. Before that, he gave instructions to send everyone home, leave only the cowshed employees and dress them nicely in white lab coats. Two Afghan citizens arrived with him. During the inspection these gentlemen walked through all the rooms of the facility and then went to the manor. I asked what was the purpose of this visit. He said that, possibly, we were going to be testing some vaccines, that a lab would be built, that he wanted to sign a contract. I thought, why not. But later, when these vaccines were delivered, came the order to refuse inspections by the Circuit [Sanitary and Epidemiological] Station. The veterinarian stopped coming to the facility altogether. [...] The Environmental Control Inspector [...] says he saw the documentation, which he could not have seen, because I have it and referred it to the DA's office. W: What documentation? G: Veterinary documentation. Because I was keeping the documentation personally, I was applying the vaccines and I know what were the symptoms related to these animals' deaths, with a detailed description of these experiments. W: You wrote, black on white, that there is anthrax there? G: Yes. The instructions were to take milk from these animals into special test tubes and pack it. Mr. Skowroński would send his people in, and it was taken to a lab in Warsaw. Translation of an excerpt: G: I provided a list of seven people who took part in burying [the animals] and who witnessed how these animals were dying en masse and how they were being dealt with. There is a law that clearly says that all [dead] animals should be shipped to Bacutil facilities and rendered. During my tenure, not a single one of them went to Bacutil. W: Why? G: Because it was forbidden. The animals were being buried in three different places. The most terrifying part is that these animals are buried in the Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone [strefa hydrogeniczna] of Jezioro Klebarskie and Jezioro Silickie lakes, close to Olsztyn. In the village of Lelek the animals are buried in the Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone of Lake Tałty and Lake Śniardwy. [...] In 2000, mass water contamination occurred in Klebark. The press did write about it. Over 200 people got food poisoning, a few ended up in a hospital in a relatively serious condition. The prosecutor's office investigated that, but they found out nothing, only that the contamination comes from Inter Commerce, because the water pumping station for gmina Purda was next to our farm, where cows from the German company Western Union [actually, Rinder-Union West] arrived two months earlier. W: Did you personally take part in the burying? G: No, I was a director of course, and did not work at burying cattle. There were three of us, directors of Inter Commerce for the Masuria region, but two fled out of fear, because they did not want anything to do with that business. No director worked at Inter Commerce for more than two, three months anyway. People kept being replaced. So that no one was too much in the know about what was happening at the company. I was able to stay the longest only because I agreed to collaborate. W: About that, what other responsibilities did you have? G: As Mr. Skowroński's trusted person, I used to be taken to talks about construction of shopping malls, especially the Carrefour in Szczecin. I also worked at equipping the Tesco shopping mall in Jelenia Góra. I used to be sent to various cities in Europe. My task was to carry various packages, plans/maps, and some parcels. [...] After 9/11 I immediately started connecting the facts. No one can accuse me of not doing anything. Within a few days I notified the Circuit Prosecutor's Office in Jelenia Góra, the Central Bureau of Investingation [CBŚ], Urząd Ochrony Państwa in Wrocław and told them I had been carrying these things. W: What specifically? G: Maps of airports, floor plans of buildings, floor plans of hotels. Other packages were in small boxes, 20 cm by 10 cm, which could not be opened, because had I opened it, everyone would have known it had been opened, right? But some folders were not sealed. You could browse them normally. W: Did you also use to carry money? G: Twice: once to Kraków and once to Paris, to de Gaulle Airport. W: Did you know to whom and what for? G: Yes, or rather I only made the connection between the facts later. W: When did you stop being a trusted man? G: Maybe it happened in February this year , when I said during a conversation with N[rest of the name censored] and Skowroński that I don't want to take part in that kind of business. Working in Masuria, I used to meet with Mr. Andrzej Zieliński — "Słowik". Other people who were Skowroński's guests were such gangsters as Ryszard Niemczyk, and earlier "Pershing"... W: Did you see them? G: Of course I saw them and talked to them. It was no secret. [...] W: But you knew a lot. G: That's why in February I said I would like to withdraw from the company's activities, but it would be best if I were reassigned to some other facility. The company has its field offices [delegatury] in all of Poland, in all of Europe... W: But back then, you still did not go to a prosecutor's office yet? G: No, not yet back then, besides, there was no point going to a prosecutor's office in Olsztyn because [censored]. Mr. Skowroński was perfectly informed about all actions to be undertaken by the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBŚ] and by UOP. The police were also at Mr. Skowroński's service. Translation of an excerpt: G: I learned yesterday from one newspaper that I have been a Mossad agent for six years. Nothing can surprise me anymore. Translation of an excerpt: G: More and more people remind themselves about the company Inter Commerce: customs officers at Okęcie Airport, who were receiving emeralds from Afghanistan; quote-unquote emeralds, because Mr. Skowroński used to smuggle drugs to Poland in the containers. W: What drugs? Smuggled them where? Data, specifics, please. Where are you getting this [information] from? G: Madam, I was a director at Inter Commerce and I was in the know about some things. I don't know if he still does it, because he could have halted it after the whole thing was disclosed, couldn't he? W: From Afghanistan to where? G: To Europe, through Poland. In Poland they were received by residents [or "station chiefs"; a term from espionage/organized crime parlance] of Pruszków Mafia and Wołomin Mafia, distributed within the country, and [carried] further, via border crossings in Bezledy, Jakuszyce, Kołbaskowo. They were carried further on, via their own channels. W: How was he paying? G: Mostly with weapons. W: From where? G: Russia, former USSR countries. Mr. Skowroński has many field offices [delegatury] of Inter Commerce there. He wasn't paying with weapons only, he was also paying with money deposited by many Afghanistan-related organizations. Mr. Skowroński was the owner of the German company Grama Handels GmbH, which has been, since as early as 1989 or 1990, doing business with Afghanistan: with Kabul, with Kandahar, with Jalalabad and other cities. One of Afghan ministers is Mr. Skowroński's friend. We know that person's name, we have photos from his visit to Poland and his meeting with Mr. Skowroński. W: Mr. Skowroński claims that he maintained contact with General Massoud. If so, then not with his opponents, the Taliban. G: Indeed, I had the opportunity to personally meet General Massoud while working for Inter Commerce. It was in the Czech Republic in, I think, 1999. General Massoud was, because he's deceased, the head of the Northern Alliance, which controlled 80% of opium farming in Afghanistan and it was that pact's main source of income and support. We have evidence that Mr. Skowroński maintained contacts not only with General Massoud, but also with other people, via — among others — the aforementioned company. Translation of an excerpt: W: How did you know bin Laden's phone number? G: Trybuna [a newspaper] publishes fabricated bullshit, there was no phone number there. W: This diary of yours, does it exist or not? G: There was a notebook, I mean my notes, copied from Skowroński's correspondence that I carried to Bochum. I copied it into my day planner, where there was blank space, on pages with next year's dates. I gave these notes to the officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBŚ] in Szczecin right after my return. There is no diary of mine, it's fabricated. I am not going to comment on the actions of Trybuna. Translation of an excerpt: G: What tipped the scale were the events of April 17. After I left the company [building?], the secretary called me and warned me not to come to the office, because three men, Ukrainians or Russians, arrived, and barged into my office armed with guns. I did not go to the facility, I only contacted my boss. N[rest of the name censored] made it clear that it was meant to be an attempt to frighten me, so that I know my place. I thought about it shortly and made my choice: on April 20 I went abroad. I came to Greece, sat down for a few hours and started organizing things in my head. I had money, savings, I could have stayed abroad, set myself up in the US or somewhere. But I thought: no, I won't be disposed of like that. Terrorized or killed. And I returned the next day. After I returned to Poland, I began my trek... [...] I did not go to the police or UOP's offices because I knew who is behind it. [...] I couldn't have gone to an office where a guy would call Skowroński and tell him: listen, there is a Gasiński here going around and talking on you. He needs to be taken care of. It was some time until I took a look around, checked the company's previous connections. Translation of an excerpt: [Gasiński] did not pay for dinner in a restaurant in Poznań, which resulted in an intervention by UOP officers [...] But, for example, why was it secret service officers that took him out of the Poznań restaurant? Our hero—an avid spook and an investigator of misconduct—had various run-ins with bosses and with the law, but somehow used to get out of all of them scot-free. Why? Investigative journalists did not venture that far.Wiernikowska pp. 51-56. Quotes this 2001 letter:
He has been associated with Rudolf Skowroński since 1992. He worked as a Director at Inter Commerce.
Other allegations by Gasiński are related to 9/11 perpetrators.