Budapest impounded armored trucks carrying tens of millions of dollars as part of a money laundering investigation
Hungarian authorities swooped in on two Ukrainian armored trucks near Budapest on Thursday, seizing tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold, sparking one of the most explosive diplomatic confrontations between the two countries in recent months. The arrest also coincided with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky issuing a direct military threat to Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
While Hungary suggested the trucks could be linked to a money-laundering operation run by a Ukrainian “war mafia,” Kiev accused Budapest of…
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