Hungary begins hunt for corrupt regime's billions
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A new anti-corruption agency has been established in Hungary. It will return embezzled funds and prosecute those responsible for the corruption of the former Hungarian government, reports the German public service channel Deutsche Welle.
Peter the Hungarian promised the Hungarians that he would return illegally acquired property from the era of Viktor Orbán. Now a new super agency is starting to work – not without controversy. For the ruling Tisa party, it is a matter of credibility, writes Deutsche Welle.
The whole caste of party cadres from Orban's Fides and its entourage, as well as entrepreneurs, artists, academics and journalists close to Orban, have been generously supported by public funds for years - while their main qualification was, above all, loyalty to Orban.
"Property restitution" - behind this, and in Hungarian, rather bureaucratic expression, hides one of the most important pre-election promises of the new authorities in Hungary
Peter Magjar promised the return of allegedly illegally acquired assets, but the choice of the head of the new agency has already caused controversy.
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