Victor Orban's Brother Aron Detained in Illegal Migrant Smuggling Case

Aron Orban, the brother of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has been detained on suspicion of human smuggling. This was reported on Monday by the current head of government, Peter Madjar, on his Facebook page. The Prime Minister wrote that the National Directorate for Return and Asset Protection (NVVH) and the National Investigation Bureau (NNI) are continuing their investigation, during which Aron Orban may have been detained. NVVH reported on Monday morning that several individuals have been detained in Budapest and Pest County in connection with a human trafficking case. The information that Aron Orban may be involved in the case came from kontroll.hu. The investigation related to visa deals attributed to the Prime Minister's brother was one of the first that the recently established National Directorate for Return and Asset Protection took up. According to available information, Aron Orban's company may have facilitated Vietnamese citizens in obtaining Hungarian, and thus Schengen, visas by enrolling them in a two-day course at the University of Pecs. Orban allegedly sought assistance from one of the officials at the Prime Minister's office to expedite the visa procedures for these individuals. ## ## Viktor Orban: The Target is Me Shortly after the first reports emerged, Viktor Orban reacted to the situation on Facebook. The former Prime Minister wrote the following: "Today, the government was supposed to report to the National Security Committee regarding the espionage scandal. Reprisals are a distraction tool. In Hungary, it is not accountability that is taking place, but reprisals. When something is inconvenient for the government, the ÁVH (authority) comes into play. In this dirty game, the goal is to eliminate a political opponent and build a one-party system. The target is me; my brother is merely a tool."