Wólka Kosowska

Wólka Kosowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lesznowola, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

Economy

Wólka Kosowska has businesses ran by Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese and Vietnamese, centered at a local shopping centre.

History

In 1921, the village had a population of 248, entirely Polish by ethnicity.
In July 2022, September 2023, May 2024 and September 2024, there were single hall fires at the shopping center.

Crime

On 14 March 2013, five men carried out an armed robbery of escorts transporting more than 4.2 million złotys to a local bank. The escorts were shot, and, according to a press release from the prosecutor's office, survived only thanks to bulletproof vests.
In 2017, the Polish Internal Security Agency and Border Guard cracked down on several illegal casinos likely run by an Asian criminal group.
On 12 August 2024, a shooting occurred in which a 42-year-old Lithuanian citizen was shot, and soon died. Police arrested a 37-year-old citizen of China suspected of murder.