Hungary’s current prime minister, Peter Magyar, announced this Monday that Aron Orbán, the brother of the former prime minister Viktor Orbán, has been arrested in Budapest and charges have been brought against him for human trafficking.
As he has detailed in a message published on social media, the investigation into him is being led by the National Office for the Recovery and Protection of Assets together with the National Investigation Office.
Before this announcement, the Hungarian Police had indicated that several people had been detained in Budapest, the capital, and in two other cities in the country during an operation against this type of crime, although at that time it did not provide the identity of those arrested.
The authorities have also indicated that searches and raids have been carried out at the homes of some of the suspects, and they have emphasized that more information is expected to be available as the proceedings advance.
The pro-European leader Magyar took office in May with the commitment to dismantle the system built by Orbán and to combat corruption which, as he has reiterated, has seriously harmed the country and its institutions.