Hungary’s top 50 most wanted: Man convicted of sexual coercion against a minor captured after months on the run

Hungarian police have arrested a 48-year-old man who had been hiding from authorities for nearly ten months and was listed among the country’s Top 50 most wanted criminals.

The man was captured on 5 March in the village of Kápolnásnyék, Fejér County, according to the official police website. Officers tracked him down to a construction site, where they carried out the arrest.

He had been wanted after failing to report to prison to begin serving a court-ordered sentence.

Convicted for sexual coercion of a minor

The man had been convicted of sexual coercion committed against a person under the age of 14. The Székesfehérvár Court ordered his imprisonment, but he did not present himself by the required deadline, prompting authorities to issue a warrant and place him on the national Top 50 most wanted list.

Because of the severity of the crime and his failure to surrender, police began actively searching for him.

Nearly ten months in hiding

According to investigators, the fugitive managed to avoid capture for almost ten months while leaving very few traces behind.

However, detectives from the Fejér County Police Headquarters’ Criminal Directorate eventually uncovered several leads that allowed them to track down his whereabouts.

Acting on this information, officers located the man at a construction site in Kápolnásnyék and arrested him without incident.

Taken to prison to begin sentence

After the arrest, police transported the man to a penitentiary institution, where he has now begun serving his prison sentence.

Authorities say the operation marks the end of a lengthy search for one of the country’s most wanted fugitives.

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