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Politics● Low23m ago · Nov 9, 2026, 12:00 PM

Police detain brother of Hungary’s ex-PM Orban

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Eastern Europe

Hungarian police took nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban’s brother into custody on Monday, according to a press report shared by Prime Minister Peter Magyar. Pro-EU conservative Magyar won a landslide election victory in April to end 16 years in power for Orban, promising to investigate alleged corruption and abuse of office during his rival’s rule. “According to press reports, Viktor Orban’s brother, Aron Orban, has been taken into custody on suspicion of human trafficking,” Magyar wrote on...

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