Polish State-Linked Helicopter Plant Exposed for $1.3M Ties to Russian Military Industry

Polish State-Linked Helicopter Plant Exposed for $1.3M Ties to Russian Military Industry

A Polish state-linked aviation factory was implicated in deals with Russia’s defense sector for helicopter maintenance and upgrades, according to a joint investigation by InformNapalm and Militant Intelligence. Documents obtained in a joint cyber operation show that Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 1 (WZL-1) in Łódź transferred more than $1,3 million to ‘Helicopters of Russia’ through sanctioned Sberbank in January 2022. The payments were made less …