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Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orbán-era minister
Spike, J. (2026, November 13). Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orbán-era minister. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/hungarian-authorities-recover-18-million-in-cash-during-investigation-into-orb-n-era-minister/article_34df440c-4f50-5e6b-97f6-541944d320aa.html
Spike, Justin. “Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orbán-era minister.” Toronto Star, 13 Nov. 2026, https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/hungarian-authorities-recover-18-million-in-cash-during-investigation-into-orb-n-era-minister/article_34df440c-4f50-5e6b-97f6-541944d320aa.html.
Spike, Justin. “Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orbán-era minister.” Toronto Star, November 13, 2026. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/hungarian-authorities-recover-18-million-in-cash-during-investigation-into-orb-n-era-minister/article_34df440c-4f50-5e6b-97f6-541944d320aa.html.
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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-11-13 · by Justin Spike
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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 investigation into the former official.
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Toronto StarThis outlet13 Nov
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 recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orbán-era minister (this article)The Guardian13 Nov
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 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…
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Hungarian authorities said Friday that they’d recovered about $19.5 million in hidden cash, some of which they found buried underground, as part of an investigation into an ex-minister who served under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
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The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office said it had discovered “large quantities of cash buried in forests, concealed in agricultural buildings, warehouses and a residential property, and stored in a high-value safe in a hidden location,” according to a statement Friday.
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