Polish ex-minister flees Hungary to the US after PM Magyar says country won’t protect people wanted elsewhere
Zbigniew Ziobro has been accused in Poland of leading an organised criminal enterprise and abuse of power, which he denies Poland’s former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted on several criminal charges in his home country, has fled Hungary to the United States, he confirmed on Sunday, after being granted asylum from former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government last year. “I am in the United States,” Ziobro told rightwing Polish broadcaster Republika. “I arrived yesterday, and
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Polish prosecutors are investigating how a former justice minister wanted on multiple criminal charges managed to flee to the US from Hungary, where the former prime minister Viktor Orbán had granted him political asylum.
On Saturday, as the inauguration of Péter Magyar as Hungary’s new prime minister marked the end of Orbán’s 16 years in power, reports emerged that Poland’s Zbigniew Ziobro had left the central European country and was in the US.
Coverage from 4 sources
- Polish ex-minister flees Hungary to the US after PM Magyar says country won’t protect people wanted elsewhereGuardian - World · Agence France-Presse · May 11, 2026, 3:28 PM
- Poland investigating how ex-minister wanted for alleged crimes fled from Hungary to USGuardian - World · Ashifa Kassam in Budapest, Jakub Krupa and agencies · May 11, 2026, 3:28 PM
- Poland says its expects US to extradite ex-minister who fled from HungaryGuardian - World · Shaun Walker in Warsaw, Ashifa Kassam in Budapest and Jakub Krupa in London · May 11, 2026, 5:28 PM
- Poland says it expects US to extradite ex-minister who fled from HungaryGuardian - World · Shaun Walker in Warsaw, Ashifa Kassam in Budapest and Jakub Krupa in London · May 11, 2026, 5:28 PM
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