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HPA Chief Denies Recommending Israeli Firm in Block Child-Abduction Trial

The port authority executive told the Hamburg court he never knew the company prosecutors link to the New Year’s Eve abduction.

Overview

  • Jens Meier testified that reports he steered Christina Block’s team to Cyber Cupula were false, saying he did not know the firm at the time.
  • He said he passed phone numbers for Alon Katzir-Shimoni and ex-LKA official Frank‑Martin Heise to the family lawyer after a reported cyberattack on the lawyer’s office.
  • Prosecutors continue to cite phone-data analyses indicating an Israeli-linked security company carried out the Denmark snatch on December 31, 2023.
  • The court briefly paused questioning over disputes about using messages from Meier’s seized phone, including his query about a "Project Denmark."
  • Defense lawyers moved to introduce additional material, including a video from Christmas 2023, while Block and partner Gerhard Delling maintain their denials.