The Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging Hungarian national Bence Horvath with violations of U.S. export controls targeting Russia, including by conspiring with others to illegally export U.S.-origin radio communications technology to Russian government end users without a license. Horvath is charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA). He was arrested on arrival at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 23.
Meanwhile, Spain just blocked a partly government-owned Hungarian firm from taking over a Spanish train manufacturer, on grounds on national security. Hungary’s complaining that they’re a NATO/EU ally and this is out of order. The irresistible force looks set to meet the immovable object.