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“I brought $50,000–$100,000 from Mogilevich to the police chief, and $300,000 and up to Orban.” Confession of László Kovács, a former member of an organized crime group in Budapest.

In the 1990s, bodybuilder László Kovács worked for Igor Korol, the leader of the most powerful organized crime group in Budapest, which reported to the main underworld boss, Semyon Mogilevich. According to Kovács, his duties included, among other things, transferring large sums of cash, which Mogilevich regularly sent to Police …

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A $30bn bill: The cost of America’s war on Iran

After six weeks of conflict, the cost in munitions expenditure and damage is unprecedented given the time period hirteen military service members killed and 365 injured, 46 aircraft damaged or destroyed, and between $25 billion and $30 billion spent. That is the cost of the US war on Iran so …

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