{"id":11284,"date":"2026-07-13T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/warsaw-court-denies-request-to-rescind-european-arrest-warrant-for-marcin-romanowski\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:00:38","slug":"warsaw-court-denies-request-to-rescind-european-arrest-warrant-for-marcin-romanowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/warsaw-court-denies-request-to-rescind-european-arrest-warrant-for-marcin-romanowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw Court Denies Request to Rescind European Arrest Warrant for Marcin Romanowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Warsaw Regional Court has rejected a motion to withdraw the European Arrest Warrant issued against former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski, who remains a suspect in the Justice Fund investigation.<\/p>\n<h4>Court Rejects Defense Motion<\/h4>\n<p>The Warsaw Regional Court has officially denied the defense attorney&#8217;s request to lift the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued for former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski. Judge Anna Ptaszek, spokesperson for the court, confirmed the decision on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Marcin Romanowski, a member of the PiS party, faces 19 charges related to irregularities within the Justice Fund. An EAW has been active against him since February 2025, though his current whereabouts remain unknown.<\/p>\n<h4>Tracking the Fugitive<\/h4>\n<p>Following the departure from his previously known residence in Budapest in late May, reports emerged suggesting sightings of Romanowski in Serbia and Croatia. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has stated that Hungary will not serve as a sanctuary for internationally wanted criminals.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish Ministry of Justice has engaged in diplomatic communications with the prosecutors general of both Serbia and Croatia to determine the suspect&#8217;s location, though neither country has confirmed his presence.<\/p>\n<h4>Broader Legal Proceedings<\/h4>\n<p>The court&#8217;s decision regarding the EAW for Romanowski occurs alongside ongoing deliberations concerning former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. The Warsaw Regional Court recently upheld a temporary arrest order for Ziobro, with further procedural developments regarding a potential EAW against him expected shortly.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warsaw Regional Court has rejected a motion to withdraw the European Arrest Warrant issued against former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski, who remains a suspect in the Justice Fund investigation. Court Rejects Defense Motion The Warsaw Regional Court has officially denied the defense attorney&#8217;s request to lift the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}