Corruption Research Center Budapest

23/03/2026

“Orbán’s system is a kleptocracy,” said István János Tóth, an economist and director of the Corruption Research Center Budapest, who has studied the system for the European Commission. “The elite robs the state of public funds, abusing a lack of the rule of law.”

FT investigation finds 13 associates of Hungary’s premier won large share of state works after he took power

23/03/2026

Örömünkre szolgál, hogy a Financial Times ma megjelent cikke, amely a kleptokrata Orbán rendszer közbeszerzéseit elemzi, messzemenően támaszkodik a CRCB kutatási eredményeire és a CRCB által közzétett közbeszerzési adatbázisra. A cikk elérhető itt:

FT investigation finds 13 associates of Hungary’s premier won large share of state works after he took power

05/02/2026

Megjelent a CRCB új statisztikai jelentése a magyar közbeszerzések korrupciós kockázatairól:

"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the....

27/11/2025

Az Európai Parlament Magyarországgal kapocsolatos november 25-i határozata a (European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2025 on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded) hivatkozik a CRCB kutatási eredményeire: "...AF. whereas on 24 September 2025, the Corruption Research Center Budapest indicated during a public hearing in the Committee on Petitions that there is clear empirical evidence of political favouritism in Hungary;..."

18/07/2025

We are proud that the latest EU report [COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 2025 Rule of Law Report.
Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Hungary] refers to several CRCB studies.

The link to the report is in the first comment.

08/07/2025

Büszkék vagyunk arra, hogy az EU legfrisebb jelentése [COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT
2025 Rule of Law Report
Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Hungary] a CRCB több tanulmányára is hivatkozik.

Linkek a kommentekben.

07/07/2025

The CRCB team is proud to be referenced in one of the 2018 CRCB studies by an international investigative team. (Oil Trader for a Rainy Day. A mysterious oil supplier to Europe links people of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, the Kremlin-loyal Hungarian Prime Minister.) Links are provided in the comments.

01/07/2025

Megjelent a CRCB új tanulmánya:

EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the Orbán Kleptocracy.

Támogasd a munkánkat!
(kattints a 'Donate' ikonra a PayPal utaláshoz)

"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the....

11/06/2025

Megjelent a CRCB új tanulmánya:

Tóth I. J. (2025). Statisztikai adatok, anomáliák, csalásfelderítés.
Néhány gondolat Tátrai Annamária és Gábos András “Kutatói aggodalmak
az EU-SILC magyarországi jövedelemadataival kapcsolatban” című
tanulmányához. CRCB Research Notes, 2025:1, CRCB.

a tanulmány elérhető itt: https://www.crcb.eu/?p=3669

17/05/2025

Kérjük támogasd a CRCB-t, hogy folytatni tudjuk munkánkat, a magyar közbeszerzések empirikus elemzését.

Jelenleg egy olyan kutatást készítünk elő, amelyben 1999-2024 közötti adatok alapján vizsgáljuk a korrupciós kockázatok, a versenyerősség és a politikai kapcsolatok összefüggéseit.
A kutatás eredményeit 2025 szeptemberben és 2026 februárban tervezzük publikálni magyar és angol nyelven.

Támogathatsz minket

# banki átutalással
# Pay Pal-on keresztül, vagy akár
# belföldi postautalvánnyal is

(https://www.crcb.eu/?page_id=1454)

üdvözlettel,

A CRCB csapata

07/04/2025

"Hungary: U.S. companies have expressed serious concerns that public procurements in Hungary are not always transparent and tend to favor either local or other non-EU countries, including China. Corruption in the public procurement system is of key concern in Hungary, despite the launching of multiple initiatives designed to address it in recent years. Hungary makes more frequent use of direct award and negotiated procedures than most other countries, without providing sufficient justification. In April 2022, the European Commission launched a budget conditionality mechanism against Hungary over the “systemic irregularities, deficiencies and weaknesses” in its public procurement procedures. "
Az USA kormány a fentiekkel is indokolja a Magyarországra kivetett vámokat.

27/02/2025

Közbeszerzések, politikai favoritizmus, kleptokrácia. Előadás a CRCB legfrissebb kutatási eredményei alapján.

"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the....