The arrest of a Hungarian fugitive occurred at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport when she landed on a flight from the Dominican Republic, where she had been hiding. The woman had been sentenced in her home country to more than ten years in prison for various economic crimes and also faced charges of false documentation, fraud, and swindling. The investigation began in 2022, when the National Police started a search for fugitives included in the European Most Wanted list, which includes the most dangerous criminals in European countries.
The woman was a specialist in banking relations and credit fraud, and together with two other people, she illegally seized more than two million euros in the period between 2005 and 2012. In order to make the money appear legal, they created several shell companies. After being convicted, the woman disappeared from Hungary and was suspected of having gone into hiding in Thailand. However, collaboration between the authorities in Germany, Spain, and the Dominican Republic made it possible to locate her in the latter country.
The woman was living in the Dominican Republic under the protection of an influential Hungarian community, where she was married and had a young daughter. During weeks of investigation, agents discovered her whereabouts, and Spanish and Dominican authorities set up a joint operation to arrest her at the Madrid airport.
The fugitive had been evading justice for more than ten years and had access to falsified documentation, which made her detection difficult. Her arrest was a success for the authorities, as she had been wanted for several serious economic crimes and was on the list of the most wanted fugitives in her home country.