Police raids property linked to Viktor Orbán's brother

Anna Unger, head of the National Office for Asset Recovery and Protection (NVVH) would neither confirm nor deny to Telex the information we had received, namely that on Monday morning, agents from the Counterterrorism Center appeared at a property in Fótliget, which is associated with a company owned by Áron Orbán, the brother of former Hungarian prime minister VIktor Orbán. Unger did, however, say that on Monday morning, the NVVH had “carried out additional activities” in the case involving Áron Orbán, and that they would provide further information on the matter later.

Sources familiar with Áron Orbán’s inner circle confirmed to Telex that Monday’s operation had taken place, but they did not know whether the former prime minister’s younger brother had been taken into custody.

One minute before 10 a.m. on Monday, the National Bureau of Investigation (NNI) announced via Police.hu that its investigators, alongside colleagues from the NVVH, were “jointly conducting investigative activities related to two ongoing criminal proceedings". They reported that several people had been apprehended in Budapest and in two locations in Pest County, and that house searches were currently underway at the residences of those under investigation. After Prime Minister Péter Magyar also posted the news on Facebook, the NVVH told the state news agency, MTI that several people had been apprehended in connection with a human trafficking case in Budapest and Pest County.

According to Telex's information, one of Áron Orbán’s associates, G.B., was recently released from custody; he had been arrested shortly after the April elections along with another suspect, János M., nicknamed “Macsek.” At the time, the case was still being investigated by the Central Investigative Prosecutor’s Office, but once the NVVH took it over, there was a new development, and according to our information, G.B. 's detention was lifted. Monday morning’s raid, which directly involves Áron Orbán, came after this.

According to our paper's sources, information relating to the case involving Áron Orbán and his associates had previously not only landed at the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office but also with the police. According to our information, a Vietnamese interpreter living in Budapest, who had insight into matters of the visa business had also given a statement to the National Bureau of Investigation. The Vietnamese man was in contact with those involved, including G.B. and Macsek, and had also met with Áron Orbán on two occasions. He also had a very clear picture of the roles played by Áron Orbán and his partner in the case. We understand that the interpreter accompanied Áron Orbán to one of the business meetings in Veszprém.

Telex first uncovered the case involving Áron Orbán and his business partners back in May 2025 in an article titled “You are doing business with the Prime Minister’s younger brother. So you know what that means.” We started investigating the case involving Áron Orbán’s associates of dubious background after an audio recording was leaked in which the former prime minister’s brother is heard speaking with Dávid Héjj, one of Viktor Orbán’s aides, at the Prime Minister’s Office. The audio recording revealed that Áron Orbán and his associates were involved with visas for guest workers, but that some of their visa applications were being blocked by the authorities. We later managed to identify Áron Orbán’s business partners, but it took several more months to uncover other key figures in the case and the connections between them.

We were able to determine relatively quickly that, due to the blocked visa applications, Áron Orbán’s associates had gained lots of enemies who were pressuring them and asking for their money back. One of these men even filed a criminal complaint, accompanying it with scores of evidence, including a large amount of internal correspondence and audio recordings. Although there was an investigation launched at that time, nothing substantial came of it; moreover, the man who filed the complaint unexpectedly died. It was his evidence that Telex subsequently ended up obtaining.

According to our sources close to the former prime minister’s brother, the investigation wasn’t rushed prior to the elections because certain political figures did not want investigators to target a particular "player in the market"—one who had long been profiting from the visa business, had good connections within the Ministry of Interior, and was in conflict with Áron Orbán and his associates.

After the election, however, the authorities moved quickly because they wanted to bring the case to a close as soon as possible to prevent any further leads pointing upward. According to our information, this may also be related to Macsek being released, while his partner was not. We understand that Macsek did not make any incriminating statements against Áron Orbán.

The question now is to what extent the NVVH will be able to uncover the activities carried out by Áron Orbán’s business partners, and whether it will be able to determine if other figures—more influential than they were, but active in this realm and possessing strong political connections —including the person whose path the Macseks crossed, played a role in the visa business.

Viktor Orbán reacted to the news in a social media post, saying: “Today, the government should be called to account before the National Security Committee for the scandal surrounding the agent files. The current witch hunt is just a tool for diverting attention. What’s happening in Hungary isn’t accountability-it’s reckoning. Whenever things get uncomfortable for the government, the ÁVH steps in. In this dirty game, the goal is to eliminate political opponents and establish a one-party system. I’m the target here; my brother is merely a means to an end.”