Andrzej Kolikowski [SEP] date of death
Andrzej Kolikowski
Andrzej Kolikowski nicknamed "Pershing" (1954–1999) was the leader of the so-called "Pruszków Mafia" in Poland and arguably the best-known Polish gangster of the 1990s. He was assassinated by his enemies while on vacation in Zakopane.
Kolikowski was born in Ożarów Mazowiecki. He was first arrested by the police at the age of 17. When he graduated from a car service school, he started working for a local cable factory. In 1980s he first went to West Germany, from where
, Zygmunt Raźniak ("Bolo"), Andrzej Banasiak ("Słowik"), Ryszard Szwarc ("Kajtek") and Janusz Prasol ("Parasol"). In 1992 the group joined the Pruszków Mafia, the largest and the most influential mob at the time. As one of its leaders, Kolikowski started investing in legal ventures: record labels, restaurants, discos and such. He is also often credited as the person behind the popularity of "disco polo" music genre, promoted by the labels he owned