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Orbán orders raid, seizes $82 M cash, gold; Ukraine couriers expelled.

6/3/2026

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Viktor Orbán ordered the March 5 raid on a Ukrainian convoy as retaliation for Kyiv’s suspension of Russian-oil transit.
Hungarian police seized vans with $82 million in cash and 9 kg of gold from a Raiffeisen Bank shipment on March 5, returning them in early May.
After Peter Magyar demanded accountability, Ukrainian couriers denied consular access and expelled without charges faced a money-laundering complaint, leading to the cancellation of deportation orders and Schengen bans.

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Story summary

Viktor Orbán ordered the March 5 raid on a Ukrainian convoy as retaliation for Kyiv’s suspension of Russian-oil transit.
Hungarian police seized vans with $82 million in cash and 9 kg of gold from a Raiffeisen Bank shipment on March 5, returning them in early May.
After Peter Magyar demanded accountability, Ukrainian couriers denied consular access and expelled without charges faced a money-laundering complaint, leading to the cancellation of deportation orders and Schengen bans.