US detains Hungarian national for evading Russian export ban
The US authorities have detained a Hungarian man on suspicion of engaging in illegal export activities to Russia, according to the US Department of Justice.
Bence Horváth, 46, a resident of Spain, was detained at San Francisco International Airport on Aug 23 as he entered the United States, the statement issued on Monday said, adding that he and his associates were suspected of criminally breaching the 2018 Export Control Reform Act.
The authorities said Horváth operated as part of an international intermediary and procurement network with direct contractual relations with Russian government institutions.
He and others operating in Spain, Serbia, Hungary, Latvia and other unnamed countries are suspected of procuring American technology and smuggling it to Russia.
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His mother works for Szijjarto in the foreign ministry and the family has business ties to Russia. This is all Fidesz based military assistance to Russia. Fidesz is the enemy of Europe and the West.
Here it is from Telex. Szijjarto’s Foreign Ministry is embedded deep in Moscow. ORBAN = PUTIN.
https://telex.hu/english/2024/08/28/mother-of-man-arrested-in-us-for-smuggling-led-office-of-hungarian-foreign-ministrys-company-and-was-official-supplier-of-russian-interior-ministry
US sanctions do not apply to Hungarians. The parliament did not pass a law to that effect. Is it not time for Hungary to catch and American spy and swap. It is time to tell Pressman, Hungary makes her own rules, and the US can climb a tree.
@Mariavontheresa – If you are going to fly into the US you better not go there intending to break American law. This Hungarian a-hole is going to get a long prison sentence for trying to buy US military equipment to sell to enemy Russia.
Thanks for the link, Larry. There is also another article relevant to this story that I found very informative. I don’t understand why some Hungarians are so quick to help Putin murder innocents.
https://telex.hu/english/2024/08/28/heres-how-the-hungarian-arrested-in-the-u-s-planned-to-dodge-embargo-against-russia