Overview

• On June 28, the Audiencia Nacional issued an arrest warrant for Alejandro Hamlyn after he failed to appear at the opening session of his €150 million hydrocarbon fraud and bribery trial.
• The court rejected his claim of a UAE travel ban over a €7,000 debt as an unacceptable excuse for his absence.
• Investigators accuse Hamlyn of paying Civil Guard agent Javier Luis Muñoz de Morales to leak classified information between April and November 2020, identifying 42 victims.
• Audio recordings show Hamlyn meeting via videoconference with ex-PSOE operative Leire Díez to gather negative intelligence on UCO officers and judges.
• The oral hearing in Madrid will proceed on June 30 without him, marking one of the rare in-absentia trials in the Audiencia Nacional.