{
    "byline": "Keno Verseck",
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    "dir": null,
    "excerpt": "One of the new Hungarian government's key\u00a0pledges was to investigate corruption under Viktor Orban, recover embezzled assets, and hold those responsible accountable. Or, in the words of Prime Minister Peter Magyar, it is time\u00a0to\u00a0\"liquidate Orban's mafia state.\" During his\u00a0election campaign, Magyar had already announced a \"program for the road to prison.\" As prime minister, he launched \"Operation Purgatory\" at the end of June 2026.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 7474,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Hungary's reckoning with Orban's corrupt system begins"
}