Dozens of private jets carrying wealth amassed during outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power have been leaving Vienna, while other individuals have begun investing their assets abroad, sources told the British outlet the Guardian on Sunday.
Other high-level figures tied to Orban have been exploring US visa options, including seeking work at Make America Great Again (MAGA)-linked institutions, the report said.
Orban lost a landslide election to Peter Magyar earlier this month. Magyar, formally a member of Orban’s Fidesz Party, is slated to assume office on May 9.
Wealth belonging to Orban’s allies has been moved to Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the UAE, while others have set their sights on Australia and Singapore, two Fidesz sources were cited as saying.
“Orban-linked oligarchs are transferring tens of billions of forints to the UAE, US, Uruguay, and other distant countries,” Magyar alleged on social media on Saturday.
Magyar also called on police and tax officials to “detain the criminals,” and to “not allow them to flee,” the Guardian reported.
Magyar also said that he expected Lorinc Meszaros and his family to leave Hungary. Meszaros is the country’s richest individual, whose wealth was gained via public procurement contracts, the outlet noted.
His company did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.
Additionally, Orban is scheduled to visit the US in June or July, likely spending several weeks there, in a trip planned before his April 12 election defeat, a Fidesz-linked source told the Guardian.
His eldest daughter and son-in-law, Istvan Tiborcz, moved to New York City in the summer of 2025, the report noted.
However, Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi said that, days after the election, sources told him that the US had long been planning a Plan II for many of Orban’s allies.
“As long as the Trump administration is in power, even the United States could become a safe haven for the top echelons of the Orban regime,” the Guardian cited Panyi as saying.
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