# Hungary’s reckoning with Orbán’s corrupt system accelerates with high-profile arrests

https://mins.news/en/item/79704

- DW, 2026-09-30 04:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-s-reckoning-with-orban-s-corrupt-system-picks-up-speed-with-high-profile-arrests/a-79473714?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Prime Minister Peter Magyar has pledged to dismantle Viktor Orbán’s corrupt networks and launched “Operation Purgatory.” Two prominent lawmakers and former ministers were arrested over corruption allegations, marking the first major step in the promised reckoning, though the rule of law takes time.

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