Hungarian police seize assets worth over 2 bn HUF in drug‑smuggling and invoice‑fraud raids

Police and tax investigators in Hungary dismantled two major criminal networks. The first, a Ukrainian‑Hungarian drug‑smuggling ring, operated an online pharmacy that sold unapproved medicines and performance‑enhancing products abroad. Five suspects were arrested, four of whom were detained in court, and investigators seized roughly 830 million forints in cash, luxury watches, a jet, a yacht and high‑end cars such as a Rolls Royce, Porsche and Ferrari.

In a separate operation, the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) uncovered a nationwide invoice‑fraud scheme that involved a complex chain of shell companies issuing false invoices for construction, cleaning and IT services that never took place. The raid covered 23 locations from Lake Balaton to Pest county, resulted in the arrest of 25 people, and authorities froze more than 1.2 billion forints in assets, including real estate, vehicles, cash, foreign currency and gold.

Combined, the actions seized assets exceeding 2 bn HUF and disrupted organized crime operations that targeted both the pharmaceutical market and the tax system.