BudapestPolice raids reportedly detained Viktor Orbán’s brother Áron.
Péter Magyar won Hungary’s April election promising to investigate corruption under Orbán.
Investigators from the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office probe a visa network that allegedly sold work visas to foreigners.
Viktor Orbán calls it political: “I am the target, my younger brother is just a tool.”
Police promised details of the offences on Monday afternoon.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- ANSA.it
- notes the original detention report came from Kontroll, a news site owned by Magyar's brother Márton
- OCCRP
- frames the arrests as a visa-facilitation probe, and carries Orbán's 'one-party system' charge against the Magyar government
- South China Morning Post
- quotes Orbán's 'I am the target; my brother is merely a tool' and notes Áron's businesses grew during Orbán's rule
- WION
- adds Telex reporting that Áron Orbán-linked companies allegedly sold work-visa access to foreign nationals in exchange for money
Sources: ANSA.it, OCCRP, South China Morning Post, WION