Hungary seizes $18m cash tied to ex-Orban-era minister in probe

Hungary’s anti-corruption agency seized $19.5 million in cash hidden in forests, warehouses, and residential properties during an investigation into former minister Miklós Seszták. The investigation focuses on a bribery scheme involving inflated prices for secondhand buses purchased by a state transport company during the tenure of former leader Viktor Orbán. The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office (NVVH)…

Hungarian authorities recovered approximately $19.5 million in cash during an investigation into a former minister who served under Viktor Orbán. The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office discovered the funds hidden in forests, agricultural buildings, warehouses, a residential property, and a high-value safe. The report focuses on the physical recovery of these hidden assets as part of an ongoing…

Hungarian authorities recovered nearly $20 million in cash from various locations, including forests and warehouses, during a bribery probe into former development minister Miklos Sesztak. The investigation is part of a sweeping anti-corruption drive dubbed "Operation Purgatory" launched by Prime Minister Peter Magyar following the ousting of Viktor Orban. The report highlights the political fallout of the…

Hungarian authorities seized nearly $20 million in cash hidden in forests, farm buildings, and safes during an investigation into Miklós Seszták, a former minister under Viktor Orbán. The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office reported the specific total as 5,071,632,000 forints, €2,658,350, and $1,257,100, which have been deposited into the Hungarian State Treasury. Prime Minister Péter Magyar framed the…