Donate now: we are fundraising for Hungary’s first bribe-tracker

Hungarian investigative journalism news site and anti-corruption watchdog atlatszo.hu is raising $4500 (1 million Hungarian forints) in order to launch Hungary’s first bribe-tracker website fizettem.hu (“I paid it”). Donate now.

Why should you help us?

Unfortunately, bribery is a common phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe. Hungarians pay bribes to doctors, policemen, officials, or even to driving test examiners, the list is endless. Hungary even made it to the BBC’s “corruption dictionary” with the infamous Nokia box ‒ 15 million Hungarian forints ($65,000) worth of bribe fits in the cell phone’s box. According to the Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer, 48% of the Hungarian respondents strongly agree that ordinary people can make a difference in the fight against corruption. We are also certain that our readers and supporters can help us make a difference by donating $17 (or 13 EUR) to our project. If 250 people do that, we will reach the goal!

Send your donation via wire transfer to atlatszo.hu Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.’s account IBAN: HU03 1620 0216 0014 1891 0000 0000 SWIFT: HBWEHUHB at MagNet Hungarian Community Bank. Please indicate in the info field that you are donating for “fizettem.hu”. You can also donate using PayPal, send your donation to [email protected], don’t forget to indicate that you are sending your donation for the “fizettem.hu” project.