# Hungary stages dawn raids over COVID-era purchase of 17,000 ventilators

https://mins.news/en/item/118821

- Reuters, 2026-10-28 10:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-carries-out-dawn-raids-over-covid-era-purchase-17000-ventilators-2026-10-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae1c7c127f3420001c8d012

> Hungary’s tax authority raided several locations and made arrests as it investigates the Foreign Ministry’s procurement of medical masks and ventilators during the COVID era.