On Tuesday, a top Hungarian government official and adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orban was sanctioned for alleged corrupt activity by the United States, according to the U.S. Department of State.

The head of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s cabinet office, Antal Rogán oversees the engineering of wide-reaching government communication campaigns that are credited with being instrumental in maintain

The United States imposed sanctions on a senior member of the Hungarian government for alleged corruption, the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday, a move Budapest said it would challenge when President-elect Donald Trump takes power.

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official and one of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's closest associates. Source: a statement by the US Treasury Department,

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Jan. 7 against Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official and close associate of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Rogán, a top figure in Viktor Orbán's government, is accused of being behind schemes manipulating Hungary's economy. View on euronews