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The Toolkit of Economic Crime Is Being Reshaped: Cybercrime Replaces Tax Fraud as the New Trend

Henrik Bereznai | Ráchel Oláh-Grosz | 28 October 2025
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Henrik Bereznai Ráchel Oláh-Grosz

The Office of the Prosecutor General recently published its customary annual statistics on crime in Hungary. According to the data, the overall number of criminal offenses has increased significantly over the past two years (by 6.2% in 2023 and by 31% in 2024). An even more pronounced increase can be observed in the number of economic crimes: compared to the previous year, such offenses rose by approximately 24% in 2023 and by around 35% in 2024. A major shift is also visible in the structure of economic crime: while traditional forms of crime (such as budget fraud or bankruptcy-related offenses) are declining, the number of cybercrime offenses is rising dramatically.

Tax affairs and criminal justice – hand in hand they go...

Péter Barta | 26 November 2021
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Péter Barta

Recently, the tax authority’s audit practices have changed appreciably. While until recently, tax audits were mostly launched as fully standalone procedures, today the tax authority (NAV) is increasingly initiating criminal proceedings alongside its tax audits. This is particularly the case in bogus-invoice deals affecting VAT, as well as in excise-duty and certain customs matters. But what’s behind this?

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