The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office seized large sums buried and hidden in several Hungarian towns as part of the investigation into Viktor Orbán's former minister.
Hungarian authorities found 17.6 million euros in cash buried in forests and hidden in buildings linked to Miklós Seszták, a former Minister of National Development in pretrial detention for corruption, according to the NVVH.
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Miklós Seszták held the National Development portfolio between 2014 and 2018 and has been in preventive detention since September for a plot related to Volánbusz.
The Hungarian authorities have located the equivalent of some 17.6 million euros in cash during the investigation opened against Miklós Seszták, former Minister of National Development in the Government of Viktor Orbán, currently in preventive detention for an alleged case of corruption.
According to the official statement from the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office (NVVH), released this Saturday by Prime Minister Péter Magyar on his Facebook account, the searches were carried out on November 12 and 13 in different parts of Budapest and the counties of Pest, Békés and Nógrád.
Investigators found large amounts of cash buried in forests, hidden in agricultural buildings and warehouses, in a home and in a safe located in a remote location, the agency details.
In total, 5,071.6 million forints, 2.65 million euros and 1.25 million dollars were seized. The NVVH also reported that all the recovered money was deposited this Friday into the Hungarian State Treasury.
The operation is part of the criminal procedure opened against Seszták, who held the National Development portfolio between 2014 and 2018 during the Orbán governments. The former minister is accused of having allegedly received bribes worth 12.6 billion forints, about 33 million euros, in a plot related to the public transport company Volánbusz.
Magyar accompanied the dissemination of the statement with a strong message: “With this, the Fidesz-KDNP mafia is officially liquidated,” in reference to the two parties that governed Hungary between 2010 and 2026.
Seszták has been in preventive detention since the end of September and is one of three former ministers from the Orbán era detained in recent weeks as part of the investigations promoted by the new Government into possible cases of corruption and abuse of power.

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