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Hungarian National Arrested on Charges of Conspiring to Export U.S. Military-Grade Radios to Russian Government End Users

www.justice.gov Hungarian National Arrested on Charges of Conspiring to Export U.S. Military-Grade Radios to Russian Government End Users

The Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging Hungarian national Bence Horvath with violations of U.S. export controls targeting Russia, including by conspiring with others to illegally export U.S.-origin radio communications technology to Russian government end users without a licen...

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Hungarian governments seem to love siding on the wrong side of history. Every. Single. Time.
- Or be on both sides now. Take EU money, sabotage EU votings, getting gas and orders from Putin, 'buy' infrastructure and CCTVs from China. Yay!
- The guy could just be a scapegoat for someone else in the government for sure. Or acting independently, we can't really know.

This person (Bence Horvath) is most likely the same person who traveled as apart of an official international business delegation last year, with the minister of foreign affairs (Peter Szijjarto).
Old article in Hungarian: https://atlatszo.hu/kozadat/2023/04/25/itt-a-nevsor-veluk-evett-meg-55-millio-forintot-szijjarto-peter-a-kairo-manama-repulouton/

Meanwhile, Spain just blocked a partly government-owned Hungarian firm from taking over a Spanish train manufacturer, on grounds on national security. Hungary’s complaining that they’re a NATO/EU ally and this is out of order. The irresistible force looks set to meet the immovable object.