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Hungary detains Viktor Orban's brother in people-smuggling probe, PM says
Reuters • • general
Key Points:
- Hungary has detained Aron Orban, brother of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as part of a people-smuggling investigation, confirmed by current Prime Minister Peter Magyar in Berlin.
- The Hungarian anti-graft body and police arrested four individuals and conducted searches in Budapest and Pest county related to the case involving smuggling Vietnamese citizens to Western Europe.
- Viktor Orban dismissed his brother's detention as political revenge, accusing the current government of targeting him to establish a one-party system.
- The detained suspects are accused of charging visa applicants recruitment fees at Hungarian foreign missions in Vietnam and engaging in human smuggling for financial gain.
- This investigation is part of Prime Minister Magyar's anti-corruption campaign, "Operation Purgatory," which has also led to the arrest of three former ministers from Orban's government and the former central bank chief on graft charges.
