Hungary’s New Graft Fighter Says Orban’s System Isn’t Corrupt
- Integrity Authority doesn’t have the power to prosecute
- EU blocked $30 billion of Hungary’s funding on graft concerns
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The head of Hungary’s new agency charged with rooting out everything from shady public contracts to outright fraud said Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s system isn’t corrupt, it’s individuals who are.
Ferenc Biro, president of the Integrity Authority, said he’s assembling an “elite group” in the fight against graft, key to unlocking billions of euros in European Union aid needed to reinforce a crumbling economy. Biro plans to hire scores of specialists in the coming weeks to help harness technology to detect fraud, he said in an interview in Budapest.