Hungary

Hungary

The Hungarian Desk is headed by Eszter Mária Köpf, who is the National Member for Hungary since July 2024.

In 2023, the Hungarian Desk was involved in 460 new cases, 26 coordination meetings, 1 coordination centre, and 13 joint investigation teams.

National Member

Ms Eszter Mária Köpf
Eszter Mária Köpf

National Member

Ms Eszter Mária Köpf was appointed National Member for Hungary in May 2024.

Having started as a prosecutor in 1996, Ms Köpf has extensive experience in international and European legal affairs. She led the Department for International and European Affairs of the Hungarian Office of the Prosecutor General between 2004 and 2019, before becoming the head of the Division for International Legal Assistance Cases. Ms Köpf also received the Magyar István Prize of the Hungarian Prosecution Service in 2021.

Ms Köpf graduated in law and political science from Eötvös Lóránd University in 1996, while also obtaining a degree in history from the same institution. In 1997, she completed her Master of Laws in Comparative European Law at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, and did her bar exam in 2000. Additionally, she graduated in European Law from Pázmány Péter Catholic University in 2011.

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Casework

 

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

New cases (total)
- of which initiating
- of which participating

234
115
119

269
127
142

327
207
120

372
231
141

456
267
189

423
252
171

460
289
171

Coordination meetings (initiating and/or participating)

25

25

25

21

18

27

26

Coordination centres (organising and/or participating)

2

4

5

2

5

2

1

Joint investigation teams (newly signed and/or ongoing)

5

16

16

16

16

19

13


Case examples

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