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Block Faces Fresh Questioning in Hamburg Abduction Trial

Prosecutors confirm port chief Jens Meier was searched as a witness in the case.

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Overview

  • The 49-year-old is scheduled to be questioned further by the co-plaintiffs at the Hamburg Regional Court on Tuesday morning.
  • Prosecutors allege she commissioned an Israeli security team to remove her two youngest children from their father in Denmark on New Year’s Eve 2023.
  • The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court ordered the children returned to their father in Denmark four days after they were brought to Germany.
  • Investigators searched the private and business premises of Port of Hamburg chief Jens Meier in October 2024, and prosecutors emphasize he is not a suspect.
  • A separate complaint accuses partner Gerhard Delling of defamation over alleged false pedophilia claims against Stephan Hensel, while prosecutors say no child‑pornography case has been opened against Hensel.