A series of inspections by tax authority NAV and the food safety body NÉBIH in Budapest’s seventh and eighth districts found irregularities in over half of the shops and bars in the tourist hotspot, a NAV statement said.

The authorities seized products and, in one case, equipment and cash in lieu of 15 million forints (EUR 46,100) of outstanding debt.

Just before the inspections, the number of invoices issued rose by 20,000, and 230 workers in temporary employment were registered, the statement added.