Hungarian politicians are not likely involved in the Panama Papers offshore scandal, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, according to reports.
Although there are some Hungarians involved in the offshore scandal, he assumes tracks lead to bankers, according to Hungarian online daily origo.hu. “These tracks need to be uncovered,” the prime minister said and asked for the help of Hungarian authorities.
He said that even questioning whether Hungarian ministers could be involved in the Panama Paper leakage is “nonsense”, Orbán said he will assign Hungarian authorities “serious tasks” in the coming weeks to assist in an investigation of the names mentioned in the Panama Papers leak, origo.hu reported.
By allowing masses of refugees to enter Europe in an uncontrolled way Hungarians will not be able to say that they live in safety for much longer, the leader reiterated his standpoint on the Europe-wide issue.
Commenting on a corruption investigation in the United Kingdom involving the delivery of metro carriages to Budapest, the prime minister said Hungary still needs to request evidence in a bribery case from British officials, Hungarian news agency MTI reported. The evidence must be reviewed, and this is expected to be a “big job” for police and the prosecutor involved, he added.
