Prosecutorial investigators are investigating nine people in connection with suspected bribery pertaining to European Union tenders, bringing the overall number of suspects to 34, the Central Investigative Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday.
Last April, prosecutorial investigators questioned 18 people suspected of corruption related to tenders involving Hungarian state budget and European Union funds as part of the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme (GINOP), and the prosecutor’s office also seized ill-gotten assets. On March 2, the authorities carried out further raids at the headquarters of business companies and other places in 17 locations nationwide, conducting searches and seizures.
These raids were also made in connection with applications submitted within the framework of the Health Industry Support Programme, with 400 million forints (EUR 1.1m) being the minimum possible support, the statement said. The bribery cases involve nine officials and 11 other individuals.
In April last year, prosecutors examined graft around applications for tenders in the region of ten billion forints. Three finance ministry employees were suspected of accepting bribes and other crimes. Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said at the time that the highest-ranking suspect was a head of department at the PM’s office who was involved in assessing applications, but this individual had been suspected of minor fraud.
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Source: MTI
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Victor said all the corruption was in Brussels, and that EU funds were held because of wokeness. He must be with his great friend Matt “grab the drivers crotch” Slapp at CPAC this WEEKEND…..
I can promise the Hungarian corruption is nothing compared to the level of corruption in Sweden.
Despite the “department head” mentioned in the article, all those people are just the small-fry and/or worthless sacrificial lambs, and are only the tip of the iceberg.
It’s all for show, to make the EU think that our Government is actually doing something to combat the wide-spread corruption.
Realization – the FACTS just keep “Piling up” – and its just the tip of the iceberg, the MORE – the vulnerability or EXPOSURE of the Orban style – that will be tabled.
“Rotten to the Core” – sooner than later, this harsh term, vile in its word meaning, but it WILL in Hungary, as the pressure mounts on Orban, his Government, the economy sinking, through a Government that is near Bankrupt, be correctly applied, to the main perpetrator of ALL of our country’s MASSIVE problems at this point in time – Victor Orban.
That “smelling” Rat we smell – wow the SIZE of IT.