🇭🇺 Hungarian authorities have returned nearly $20 million in cash as part of a bribery investigation to Miklos Sestek, a former minister under Viktor Orban.
It is part of a wider anti-corruption campaign led by Prime Minister Peter Magyar called "Operation Purgatory", aimed at repairing ties with the European Union and addressing years of alleged graft.
Two former ministers and the former head of the central bank are also in custody, while Orban's brother faces people-smuggling charges.
The returned cash, which was found in various places, was counted for eight hours by state treasury employees. Magyar claims this marks the end of a "mafia" led by Orbán's Fidesz party, which has seen its public support drop significantly.