In Hungary, Aron Orban, the brother of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has been detained as part of a human smuggling investigation. Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced that three former ministers from Orban's party are also in custody on the same charges.
The statement came after Hungary's Anti-Corruption Agency reported that four people had been detained in an operation conducted with the police, and that searches were carried out at various addresses in Budapest and the Pest region.
Magyar announced that 49-year-old businessman Aron Orban was among those detained as part of the investigation. According to authorities, the suspects are accused of helping Vietnamese citizens reach Western Europe throughout 2024.
According to the allegations in the investigation, the suspects demanded money from individuals applying for visas at Hungarian diplomatic missions in Vietnam under the guise of a "recruitment fee" and shared this money among themselves.
Viktor Orban, in a post on his Facebook account, described his brother's detention as "political revenge." Orban stated, "The goal in this dirty game is to eliminate a political rival and establish a single-party system. The real target is me; my younger brother is just a tool."
The report also noted that two former ministers who served in the Orban government and former central bank governor Gyorgy Matolcsy are currently in custody as part of separate investigations into corruption charges.
News Source: 12punto
