Hungarian woman escaped with her daughter from Sweden, now she is wanted!

Viktória got away from her life in Sweden and her violent Swedish husband to find safety for herself and her daughter. But now she is wanted for abduction.

Abuse among family members, whether committed by a man or a woman, is still a serious and very much unsolved issue. In Hungary, a study last year showed extremely surprising results concerning the issue, however, it can happen in any country, no matter how developed and safe it is. 

Viktória just wanted to start a new life with her daughter, so they moved back to Hungary from Sweden last year. She wanted to get as far away as possible from the father of her child, who has been convicted for abuse in his country several times. However, as Viktória left Sweden without the authorisation of the father and thus took away Szaffi from his dad,

the local authorities issued a European arrest warrant to capture her.

“I met my daughter’s father in 2012 in Sweden and we got married in March 2013. When we learnt we were going to have a baby, we were very happy. However, my happiness vanished when Samin slapped me in the face twice when I was 7 months into pregnancy” – said Viktória to blikk.hu.

After Szaffi was born, the incident happened again on several occasions, making the mother realise what kind of man her husband really is.

“She was only 10 months old when he beat me up so badly that I ran away with her and for 3 months we were hiding at an organisation protecting women.

I was alone with my baby, I could not work and I felt very guilty that because of me my child would grow up in a broken family. I was willing to work out my relationship with my husband.”

However, nothing has changed between the parents; the maltreatment did not stop.

“He pulled my hair, slapped me, bit my face and beat me up with a baking tin.”

In 2015, after another attack she had to endure from Samin, Viktória ran away again and got protected by the same organisation for one and a half years. Her husband was sentenced but only to conclude social work. Then in 2017, they got a divorce and Szaffi’s permanent address became that of her mother’s, with the condition to share custody with the father.

Then a year later came another shock came when child protection services called Viktória to tell her that Szaffi had witnessed her father beating up his Italian partner. For a while, Samin could only see her daughter under controlled circumstances.

“When they could meet a little more freely, I saw Samin being violent with her, too.

He threatened and pulled her several times which left marks on my little daughter’s body.

Samin also expected Szaffi to live according to the Muslim religion.” –  explained the mother.

Viktória returned to Hungary last summer with her daughter. Her ex-husband has been harassing her ever since, even her relatives in Sweden. To top it off, in his country Samin acquired complete custody over their daughter and as a consequence of taking Szaffi to Hungary away from her living environment,

a European arrest warrant was put out on Viktória for kidnapping her daughter.

Her lawyer, Dr József Molnár told Blikk that so far the father has not asked for the extradition of his daughter.

“If he does, we will start a lawsuit and prove why it would not be a good idea to give the little girl to her father. Our claims are strengthened by the fact that even though Sweden issued the European arrest warrant, the Hungarian authorities, after examining the situation, have not validated the warrant.” – added the lawyer.

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Source: blikk.hu