WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Poland's Ministry of Interior and Administration is moving toward broadening wiretap authority, the draft of a new bill says.
If the government accepts the bill, police will be able to tap criminals even accused of minor offenses, Poland Radio reported.
Existing wiretap laws allow surveillance only if police suspect a person of a serious offenses, such as murder, terrorism, corruption and drug dealing. The proposed bill would allow police to tap phone lines, search computers and read personal letters, e-mails and text messages of rapists, pimps, pedophiles and those who have child and animal pornography as well as environmental polluters, stock exchange cheats, people who reveal state secrets and hooligans.
Increased police powers could be in place in a few months, Poland Radio said.
