"It has been nearly two weeks since the Hungarian people scored a landslide victory over the system of national complicity," the Tisza party leader said, adding that the incoming Tisza government was working full steam to govern and build a functioning, humane Hungary.

"In the meantime, the mafia is not sitting idle in the background," he said. "Orban's oligarchs are transferring tens of billions of forints to the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, the United States and other distant countries... I have precise knowledge that the national tax authority [NAV] has suspended several high-value transfers linked to [cabinet office minister] Antal Rogan's circle based on reports from banks that suspect money laundering."

Magyar called on NAV to immediately freeze the stolen funds and on the public prosecutor, the national police chief and NAV's chief to take into custody the "criminals who have defrauded the Hungarian people of many thousands of billions of forints" and not to let them flee to countries from which there is currently no extradition agreement.

"Members of the Orban mafia have also begun selling off TV2 and other media outlets at below-market prices," he said. Lounge Event Ltd, "the flagship of Rogan's hundred-billion-forint hate propaganda machine", was also for sale, he said, urging "honest domestic and foreign investors to refrain from acquiring assets belonging to the mafia."

Otherwise, they may find themselves being held accountable by the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office being set up by the new government, he warned.

Magyar said that several "oligarch families" had already left the country, and the family of Orban-linked entrepreneur Lorinc Meszaros was also flying to Dubai in the coming days.

"According to reports, several influential oligarch families have already taken their children out of school and are organising trusted security details for their departure."

"It seems that after the brave captain, Viktor Orban, abandoned the sinking ship, the ground has become hot under the foot soldiers' feet as well," he said, calling on "all police, prosecutors, bank, and tax authority leaders, as well as the heads of the security services, to fulfil their legal obligations and prevent criminals from fleeing and the assets stolen from the Hungarian people from being siphoned abroad."

Anyone who fails to fulfil their legal obligations and violates their oath of office is themselves committing a crime, he noted. "The will of the Hungarian people and their verdict on the mafia are clear," he declared.

"Orban's puppets and enablers must face up to their own responsibility ... for assisting in the destruction and plundering of Hungary, in moral, legal, and financial terms."

Magyar said that there were no "minor" or "major culprits" in these cases. "There is no difference among those who have stolen the Hungarian people's forints. Everyone who was a link in the chain must face the consequences," he added.

"We will uncover the crimes, we will recover the assets, and anyone who has unjustly enriched themselves with the Hungarian people's money will be held accountable before the independent Hungarian judiciary," Magyar concluded.

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