Cypriot court hears extradition case over alleged 18 million investment fraud involving Dutch, Belgian nationals
Extradition proceedings are currently being heard before the Cypriot courts regarding an alleged investment fraud of approximately €18 million euros. The proceedings involve Dutch and Belgian nationals. The defence cross-examined Prokopis Chindikos, an employee of the justice ministry, raising significant issues concerning the identification of the requested person and the appropriate forum for the proceedings.
In Hungary, authorities raided a data center used by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party as part of a corruption investigation into the alleged misuse of public funds during his administration. The raid was carried out with the assistance of a regional criminal directorate of Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV). The investigation concerns the alleged misuse of some 17 billion forints (about $53.5 million) through the National Cultural Fund. Grants were distributed in a non-transparent manner to artists and performers linked to Fidesz, with some recipients actively campaigning for the party ahead of Hungary’s April parliamentary election. Six current and former officials have been charged in the case. Fidesz said investigators arrived without prior notice and attempted to seize the party’s communications system and databases, describing the operation as political intimidation. The opposition party stressed that “tyranny has reached a new low today” and vowed it would not be intimidated or back down in its opposition to Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s governing Tisza Party. Fidesz compared the raids to the communist regime that ended in 1990. Magyar said he first learned of the raid through reports from Fidesz and was awaiting an official briefing from prosecutors before commenting further.
In Hong Kong, a British woman was sentenced to six years in prison after being accused of blackmail following her report of rape by a UK banker. Isabel Rose from Hackney, east London, travelled to Hong Kong in early 2024 to visit a man she had previously met while travelling in Thailand.
In the UK, the former CEO of Southern Water, Matthew Wright, has been charged with fraud over alleged manipulation of wastewater tests. Under UK law, intentionally altering wastewater flows during regulatory sampling is a criminal offence. If convicted, Wright faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
In Switzerland, a court has revived a case against a lawyer who helped expose the Cum-Ex fraud.
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