Hungary seizes $19.5m in cash found buried in forests amid graft inquiry
Hungarian authorities have seized $19.5 million in cash buried in forests and hidden in buildings as part of a corruption investigation into a former minister. The probe targets officials from the era of former leader Viktor Orbán.
Why it matters
The discovery marks a significant development in the new government's anti-corruption campaign against the previous administration.
Hungary’s nationalist former leader Viktor Orbán. Miklós Seszták, Orbán’s minister of national development between 2014 and 2018, is accused of taking bribes. Hungary’s nationalist former leader Viktor Orbán. Miklós Seszták, Orbán’s minister of national development between 2014 and 2018, is accused of taking bribes. Hungary Hungary seizes $19.5m in cash found buried in forests amid graft inquiry Anti-corruption agency carried out searches as part of investigation into Orbán-era minister accused of taking bribes
Prefer the Guardian on Google Hungary’s anti-corruption agency said on Friday it had seized cash worth $19.5m (£14.8m) buried in forests and hidden elsewhere while investigating an ex-minister of nationalist former leader Viktor Orbán .
Miklós Seszták, Hungary’s minister of national development between 2014 and 2018, is accused of taking bribes in a scheme involving the state transport company, purchasing secondhand buses at inflated prices.
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