In a quiet neighborhood in Budapest, Hungary, sits an ordinary building that holds a dark secret. Behind the walls of this unassuming duplex is the headquarters of BAC Consulting, a company that is now linked to a deadly series of explosions in Lebanon and Syria. These explosions, caused by pagers, have killed at least 12 people, including children, and injured thousands more.

The pagers, which are small electronic devices typically used for sending messages, were part of what appears to be an Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah, the powerful militant group in Lebanon. But how did a Hungarian company end up supplying these dangerous devices?

A Company With Many Faces

BAC Consulting isn't just any company. On paper, it seems to do everything from producing sugar and oil to selling jewelry and extracting natural gas. But a closer look reveals that it also supplied the pagers that exploded in the Middle East, killing innocent people. On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, journ...