After a crushing defeat in the elections, businessmen and high-ranking officials closely connected to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party are actively transferring their assets abroad. Newly elected Prime Minister Péter Madjári openly accuses Orbán's entourage of desperate attempts to conceal their amassed wealth from impending justice.
After a recent defeat in the elections, businessmen and officials closely connected to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party have begun actively transferring their assets abroad. Newly elected Prime Minister Péter Madjári openly accuses Orbán's associates of trying to hide their amassed wealth from potential justice. This information is confirmed by The Guardian, citing its sources.
Leader of the Tisza party, Péter Madjári, emphasized that these actions are an attempt to preemptively secure their capital from potential investigations that may arise after a change in government. On his social media, Madjári stated directly: "Oligarchs connected to Orbán are transferring tens of billions of forints to the UAE, the USA, Uruguay, and other distant countries."
Madjári has called on the Attorney General, the Chief of Police, and the head of Hungary's tax authority to "detain the criminals" and "prevent them from fleeing" to countries where their extradition is highly unlikely. According to him, the family of Lőrinc Mészáros, who is one of Orbán's closest friends, may also leave Hungary.
It is worth noting that Lőrinc Mészáros has become the richest person in the country during Orbán's rule, largely due to lucrative government contracts. Madjári also claims that some oligarch families have already left Hungary, taking their children out of educational institutions and organizing special security for their departure.
"I have also been informed that several oligarch families have already left the country. According to available information, several influential oligarch families have already taken their children out of schools and are preparing trusted individuals from their security staff for departure," emphasized Madjári, citing the information received.
Sources from The Guardian report that private jets, "presumably loaded with the looted wealth of those whose fortunes have increased over 16 years of Orbán's rule, regularly depart from Vienna." At the same time, other influential figures are hastily investing their assets outside the country.
Simultaneously, high-ranking officials from Orbán's circle are actively exploring options for obtaining visas to the USA, hoping to find work in organizations associated with MAGA. "Since he came to power in 2010, a close circle of the leader's associates and his Fidesz party has amassed enormous fortunes, partly due to the expansion of control over the country's economy and EU-funded public infrastructure contracts," concludes The Guardian, describing the mechanism of enrichment.
