In addition to the investigation launched regarding "activities aimed at concealing illicitly acquired funds and other assets from the authorities through financial or other transactions", the police are also examining other possible offences as part of preliminary proceedings.

The statement said that the police investigation was not carried out in public because the disclosure of even some basic information could jeopardise the success of criminal proceedings.

"Even in the case of transfers and financial transactions that the police proceedings attempt to prevent, the possibility of legitimate business must be ensured, even for those who may be suspected of some form of abuse," it said.

Police can only block those transactions where concrete data, information, or well-founded suspicion is available regarding their illegality, the statement added.

Further details about the proceedings conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation cannot be made public but police urge the public to report any suspected criminal activity, in this or other cases, as quickly and thoroughly as possible.

ECHR rules police raids violated rights of activists who damaged govt billboards

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that warrantless police searches of the homes of two activists in Pecs, in south-western Hungary, who had damaged government billboards in 2021, violated their right to privacy.

The case began after two activists from the satirical Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party covered government billboards advertising a "National Consultation" in the summer of 2021. Police launched an investigation against them and later searched their homes.

The activists challenged the legality of the raids, arguing that "the value of the property damage caused remained within the realm of regulatory offences rather than criminal law."

In its ruling, the Strasbourg court agreed that the activists "had not benefitted from an efficient ex post facto review of the lawfulness of the house searches, and notably of the existence of a suspicion that they had committed an act constituting a criminal … offence which could have justified the impugned searches".

The court noted that under the European Convention on Human Rights, everyone has the right to respect for their private and family life, home and correspondence.

 Authorities may only interfere with this right in cases defined by law, and as necessary in a democratic society, such as in the interests of national security, public safety, economic well-being, preventing disorder or crime, protecting health or morals or safeguarding the rights and freedoms of others.

The ECHR concluded that the police intervention was not "in accordance with the law" and therefore violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Photo: Police.hu

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