“I did not have any clue that this needs to be declared,” said one state minister. Other officials also argued that the declaration system is too complicated.

A Direkt36 has revealed how several politicians filed incorrect or incomplete wealth declarations. Minister of state László Tasó was among them. He turned to the police claiming that he and his family were harassed. The police have launched an investigation.

There are serious problems with the current Hungarian wealth declarations system. László Varju’s declarations show almost nothing of his real wealth.

The case of Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán shows how easily politicians can hide their assets with the help of their family members. And Orbán is only one of many examples.

Zsolt Becsó, an MP of the governing party omitted a company and millions of public funds from his wealth declarations. Becsó took advantage of the flaws of the declaration system.

Details of the land purchases of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Obán remained hidden for years because he did not file his wealth declarations according to the law.

Imre Pesti, a member of the governing party, failed to declare his right to use a property. Such assets have to be reported and several of his fellow politicians followed this rule, still, Pesti thinks that he did not do anything wrong.

Direkt36 and its partners have built a database to uncover the hidden controversies of politicians’ wealth declarations. Minister of State László Tasó, for example, concealed some of his lands for years and forgot to declare millions of state subsidies.