Overview
- The Israeli security-company head told the court the Block family commissioned a mission to bring the two youngest children from Denmark to Germany.
- He testified Christina Block was informed the children would be driven to Hamburg and said her concern was that nothing be placed over their heads.
- He described trying an 11-point negotiated plan that included paying the father $100,000, which he says failed before the operation.
- He acknowledged the children were distressed and agreed the act could be viewed as force, adding his team planned to immobilize the father without harming the children.
- A security employee said Block initially resisted letting youth welfare and police see the children and that Eugen Block ordered guards to shield family homes; the firm’s manager is charged with aiding the abduction.