February 5, 2026

CRCB Statistical Flash Report 2026:1

Analyzed contracts (CSV)

Analyzed contracts with EU, CR, TOP13, and NCV_MRD variables (CSV)

Suggested citation:
CRCB. (2026). The New Trends of Corruption Risk in Hungarian Public Procurement from January 1998 to September 2025. CRCB. https://www.crcb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026_crcb_statistical_flash_report_en_01_050226_03.pdf

 

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In the first version of its article describing our research, the Hungarian news portal, 444.hu, incorrectly stated that the CRCB’s flash report dealt with the risk of corruption in public procurement conducted by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority read more

September 24, 2025

Tóth, I. J. (2025, September 24). Why is it Necessary for Hungary to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office?
Some Empirical Evidence and Considerations [Presentation]. European Parliament, PETI Public Hearing, Brussels, Belgium. https://www.crcb.eu/?p=3725

Presentation at PETI Public Hearing ‘How could Hungary’s accession to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office help to unlock EU funds for Hungary’, September 24, 2025, 14:30-16:00; Brussels, European Parliament.

The read more

July 1, 2025

Tóth, I. J. (2025). EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the Orbán Kleptocracy. CRCB Research Notes, 2025:2, CRCB.

Research Notes: 2025:2 (PDF - revised version[26.03.2026]) read more

2025. június 11.

Tóth, I. J. (2025). Statisztikai adatok, anomáliák, csalásfelderítés. Néhány gondolat Tátrai Annamária és Gábos András “Kutatói aggodalmak az EU-SILC magyarországi jövedelemadataival kapcsolatban” című tanulmányához. CRCB Research Notes, 2025:1, CRCB.

Research Notes: 2025:1 (PDF)

A Newcomb-Benford törvénnyel kapcsolatok publikációk listája 2025 május 20-ig,
https://www.benfordonline.net/ adatai alapján read more

February 25, 2025

Mégis miért lehetünk optimisták? Előadás a CEU Bibó István Szabadegyetemen. (PDF)

Suggested citation:

 
Tóth, I. J. (2025, február 25). Mégis miért lehetünk optimisták? (Why Can We Still Be Optimistic?) [Presentation] CEU Bibó István Free University, read more

February 5, 2025

Közbeszerzések, politikai favoritizmus, kleptokrácia. Az 1998-2023 közötti közbeszerzések statisztikai elemzése.
On-line előadás (PDF).

Suggested citation:

Tóth, I. J. (2025, február 5). Közbeszerzések, politikai favoritizmus, kleptokrácia. Az 1998-2023 közötti közbeszerzések statisztikai elemzése. (Public Procurement, Political Favoritism, Kleptocracy. Statistical Analysis of the Hungarian Public Procurement From 1998 to 2023) [On-line presentation] read more

February 19, 2024

Research Notes: 2024:1 (PDF)

The analyzed database (CSV)

Suggested citation:

Tóth, I. J. read more

October 17, 2023

In 2023, the risk of corruption increased for public contracts awarded to crony companies, while it decreased for those awarded to ordinary Hungarian companies with no political ties. This suggests that, following the EU’s measures to restore the rule of law in Hungary, the advantage of crony companies in the Hungarian public procurement market actually increased. They have won public contracts with a higher risk of corruption than before the measures were taken.

The corruption risk of tenders won by read more

February 7, 2023

This CRCB Report presents trends in corruption risk in Hungarian public procurement from 2005 to 2022, using 14 graphs and 2 tables. The report includes information from a contract-level dataset covering full-year 2022 data. The CRCB’s aim with this report is to inform EU taxpayers (especially Hungarian ones) within T+45 days about corruption risk trends in Hungary in read more

December 9, 2022

International Anti-Corruption Day – Budapest

Hungary: Corruption risk in public procurement from 2005 to 2022

Six figures on the Hungarian corruption and competition in public procurement (PDF, DOCX)

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