{"id":10364,"date":"2026-11-14T02:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/14\/buried-in-the-woods-and-hidden-in-a-secret-safe-more-than-17-million-euros-in-cash-were-found-in-hungary-during-searches-related-to-the-case-of-a-former-minister-in-the-orban-government\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T02:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:25:08","slug":"buried-in-the-woods-and-hidden-in-a-secret-safe-more-than-17-million-euros-in-cash-were-found-in-hungary-during-searches-related-to-the-case-of-a-former-minister-in-the-orban-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/14\/buried-in-the-woods-and-hidden-in-a-secret-safe-more-than-17-million-euros-in-cash-were-found-in-hungary-during-searches-related-to-the-case-of-a-former-minister-in-the-orban-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Buried in the woods and hidden in a secret safe: More than 17 million euros in cash were found in Hungary during searches related to the case of a former minister in the Orb\u00e1n government."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As part of the criminal investigation into former Hungarian Minister of National Development Mikl\u00f3s Szest\u00e1k, law enforcement officials seized more than 5 billion forints, 2.6 million euros, and 1.2 million U.S. dollars. All funds have already been transferred to the State Treasury.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A high-profile corruption scandal is unfolding in neighboring Hungary. Local law enforcement agencies have uncovered and seized colossal amounts of unaccounted-for cash in various currencies as part of an investigation into a high-profile criminal case involving <strong>Mikl\u00f3s Seszt\u00e1k<\/strong>, the former Minister of National Development in Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s government (Mikl\u00f3s Seszt\u00e1k).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results of the large-scale searches were officially reported by Hungary\u2019s National Office for the Recovery and Protection of State Property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over 5 billion forints, euros, and dollars: what investigators seized<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total equivalent of the illicit assets found by law enforcement exceeds <strong>17 million euros<\/strong>. According to the agency\u2019s official report, the following were seized during the searches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>over 5 billion Hungarian forints<\/strong> (equivalent to over 13.5 million euros);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.6 million euros<\/strong> in cash;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>over 1.2 million U.S. dollars<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hiding places in the forest, warehouses, and a secret safe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large-scale investigative operations and simultaneous searches took place over two days\u2014<strong>November 12 and 13, 2026<\/strong>\u2014across several regions of Hungary. According to the investigation, the methods used to conceal and store these millions resembled a scene from a detective movie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the perpetrators hermetically sealed some of the bundles of cash and <strong>buried them right in the forest<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>other significant sums were discovered during searches of <strong>agricultural buildings and storage facilities<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the remaining funds were found by investigators in <strong>a private residence<\/strong>, as well as in <strong>a large armored safe<\/strong> specially installed in a concealed, hidden location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, all the cash found has been officially seized as evidence in the criminal proceedings and transferred to the Hungarian State Treasury for safekeeping. The pre-trial investigation into this high-profile case is ongoing, with law enforcement officials working to determine the origin of the funds and identify all individuals involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mnvvh.hu\/a-hivatalrol\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mnvvh.hu\/a-hivatalrol\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Directorate for the Recovery and Protection of State Property of Hungary.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the criminal investigation into former Hungarian Minister of National Development Mikl\u00f3s Szest\u00e1k, law enforcement officials seized more than 5 billion forints, 2.6 million euros, and 1.2 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,1514,1513],"tags":[3305,3018,3306],"class_list":["post-10364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu","category-hungary","category-world","tag-former-minister","tag-hungary","tag-orban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}