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The showdowns and bombings of the nineties can be linked almost exclusively to one man, Tamás Portik, which is unprecedented in the history of domestic forensics, said András Dezső in our podcast Kultúrtáj, journalist of the HVG, who wrote about the rise and fall of Portik and his circle in his new book, Nagybsefós. Tamás Portik, who was arrested in 2012 and is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence, has created a real myth around himself: the Hungarian "godfather" has been linked to political bombings, the Aranykéz utca assassination that claimed four lives, or even the murder of József Prisztás. But the criminal also made the current Minister of the Interior, former national police chief Sándor Pintér, a legendary figure. • What was Tamás Portik's "brilliant" plan and why did he fail? • How did the journalist get the former mobsters to tell about the crimes? • Who planted the bomb at the headquarters of the Small Farmers' Party, and why did it not explode in the end? • How did Antal Rogán get into the stories of criminals, and who is the MSZP politician who got involved in the deals of underworld figures? • What did Tamás Gyárfás have to do with Portik, and will the court condemn the former media entrepreneur in the case of the Fenyő murder? • Where did the audio recordings of the "big boss" come from, and what do they prove? • Who was Portik walking with in the last hours before his capture? • What is the truth from the stories about Sándor Pintér? Host: Benedek Ficsor