Oral proceedings open against a Santander police officer for unauthorized access to the VioGén system regarding a victim he failed to protect.

A local police officer in Santander, Spain, faces an oral trial after being accused of repeatedly accessing the VioGén system to view the risk level of a gender-based violence victim he was not assigned to protect. The VioGén system is a specialized database used by Spanish authorities to track and manage the protection of victims of domestic abuse.

The public prosecutor has requested a four-year and six-month prison sentence for the officer, citing a crime against privacy. The judicial proceedings were initiated by the Court of Instruction number 4 of the Santander Instance Tribunal, which confirmed the opening of the oral trial following the unauthorized access to the victim's sensitive data.