Four men charged in Hungary for 3 billion‑forint tax evasion via illegal e‑cigarette liquid imports

Hungarian prosecutors have filed an indictment against four men accused of running an organized crime group that sold electronic‑cigarette refill liquids to consumers in Hungary while evading excise tax. In 2017 the group's leader established a company in Croatia to import the liquids, which were then marketed on Hungarian websites and delivered by a private courier service. Over five years the operation allegedly moved more than 10 million millilitres (about 10 000 L) of liquid, avoiding the payment of roughly 3 billion forints in excise duties. Investigators seized high‑value vehicles, real‑estate and cash assets, and highlighted the use of courier fleets to monitor and evade police inspections. The indictment claims the scheme caused a significant fiscal loss to the Hungarian state and marks the case as a major organized‑crime‑linked budget fraud.

The court proceedings are expected to focus on the cross‑border nature of the fraud, the organized‑crime structure of the group, and the substantial financial damage inflicted on Hungary’s public finances.