operational control (kontrola operacyjna)

The covert acquisition and recording of, among other things, the content of conversations, images and sound, correspondence and data from IT systems, ordered by a court.

Under Article 27 of the Act on the Internal Security Agency and the Foreign Intelligence Agency, operational control is ordered by the Regional Court in Warsaw by way of a decision, on a written application from the Head of the ABW, after written consent from the National Prosecutor, where other measures have proved ineffective or would be of no use.¹

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