A senior general from Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) was found dead in a shallow lake near Kaposvár on the morning of 6 March. The previous day, he had played a key role in the seizure of a Ukrainian cash and gold transport. According to investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi, the authorities suppressed the news to avoid interfering with the government’s messaging.
Authorities silent on the NAV general’s death
We previously reported that the NAV general had attended a celebration marking the promotion of Tamás Demeter, the newly appointed lieutenant general and deputy head of NAV’s criminal and law-enforcement division. Demeter had invited 106 guests, with around 80 attending, including senior NAV officials, generals, state secretaries, and at least one MP from the ruling Fidesz party.
The event took place on the night of 5 March—the same night that Hungarian authorities seized a Ukrainian cash and gold transport convoy and arrested its staff. The Hungarian government has launched a money-laundering investigation, while Kyiv describes it as a hostage-taking incident.
The NAV general’s body was discovered in a shallow lake behind the Zselicvölgy Leisure Farm. However, according to Panyi, NAV remained silent about the tragedy to avoid disrupting the government’s communication campaign on the Ukrainian convoy. Panyi noted that it would have been awkward to highlight the operation while reporting the general’s death.
Further details revealed
RTL Híradó reports that the police have closed the investigation into the death, concluding that no crime took place. The outlet added that the general had head injuries and died just hours after the promotion celebration. Surveillance footage captured him minutes after midnight.
Hungarian Parliament recently passed a law empowering NAV to conduct secret investigations into the origins and purpose of the Ukrainian funds. Meanwhile, independent media and Ukrainian officials describe it as a routine inter-bank transfer, of which Hungarian authorities were already aware.
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What a coincidence. An enormous amount of money is seized and the general closely involved turns up dead the same night. There is no way the Ukrainians could react that lightening fast to take this guy out. This stinks of Fidesz government mafia.
“There is no way the Ukrainians could react that lightening fast”
Can’t they?
You don’t threaten the head of a nation with assassination, unless you have assassins already infiltrating the nation.
Yeah same day within hours. You even have to know who you are targeting first. Impossible. Doing a hit takes time and preparation. This was Fidesz mafia murder.
And inside a foreign country and at a large elite Fidesz gathering that’s going to be full of Hungarian security.. Yeah. It all points to domestic source murder controlled by Fidesz,
In Russia it is deaths by accidentally falling out of windows in high places. Hungary is now employing Russian style government mafia murder by “accident”.
Why do you act, like it’s not Ukraine leading the “accidental deaths” list?
At least the Russians fall out of windows, while Ukrainians tend to accidentially explode, when they start their car.
Or just get conscripted, and die during a “training excercise” during hands tied and bullet in the brain “training”.
The Ukrainians even murder big profile US citizens, like Gonzalo Lira.
So no, it is defenitly Ukraine.
Reality disagrees. Russia’s record of assassinations, poisonings – including abroad, numerous window falls, and silencing critics (Mr. Navalny?) is well documented. Would you like a list?
Throwing wild accusations at Ukraine doesn’t make Kremlin talking points any less obvious – #propaganda