The proposed ammendent to the law regulating the Integrity Authority would have effectively legalized collective punishment.

Ferenc Pál Biró, head of the Integrity Authority has been charged with using official assets for personal use and hiring family friend without the proper qualifications.

Following investigation prompted by Átlátszó's reporting, OLAF) found serious irregularities in several EU-funded projects in Hungary.

But he did so legally. In an ethical way? Not so sure.

Police seized documents at the office of the Integrity Authority over suspected unlawful car rentals. The dissolution of the authority could be in the cards, signaling Orbán giving up on frozen EU funds.

The price of products available through DKÜ is much higher than or even equal to the retail price. Cartel behaviour is also suspected.

NGOs received the data requested from public bodies late or not at all, but also criticised the report for several other problems.

Atlatszo became a member of the Anti-Corruption Working Group of the then established Integrity Authority in 2022.

Following our story, Transparency International Hungary turned to the Integrity Authority, which now said that it had found serious irregularities in the investigation and had filed a criminal complaint for the crimes of budget fraud, restrictive agreement, and use of forged private documents.

However, the police, the prosecutor's office and the court said that there was no need for an investigation.

Ferenc Bíró, the chairman of the Integrity Authority, did not feel the need to justify his decision, but then had second thoughts.