US sanctions Hungarian Prime Minister's ally Antal Rogan for corruption
www.pravda.com.ua
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:47:11 +0200
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official and one of Hungarys Prime Minister Viktor Orbns closest associates.
Source a statement by the US Treasury Department, as cited by European Pravda Details Antal Rogan was included on the US sanctions list under the Magnitsky Act, which allows for the prosecution of people accused of serious human rights crimes and corruption around the world.
According to the US Treasury Department, Rogan is the Hungarian Prime Ministers Chief of Staff, overseeing numerous government agencies such as the National Communications Office, the Digital Government Agency, and the Hungarian Tourism Agency.
Quote Throughout his tenure as a government official, Rogan has orchestrated Hungarys system for distributing public contracts and resources to cronies loyal to himself and the Fidesz political party, the report says.
In this way, Orbns ally gained de facto control of key strategic areas of the Hungarian economy, with revenues going to his political allies, according to the US Treasury.
Furthermore, according to European Pravda, Rogan is the leader of the Hungarian governments media empire, which spans the entire country and promotes progovernment policies.
Under the sanctions, Antal Rogans assets in the United States, as well as companies in which he holds more than 50 of the shares, would be frozen.
It is worth noting that Antal Rogan became the first highranking Hungarian official to be sanctioned by the United States.
In 2023, the media reported that the US side was planning to impose restrictions on Hungarian officials, but then it ended up with sanctions against the International Investment Bank, a financial institution in Budapest with Russian ownership.
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