Fugitive businessman Alejandro Hamlyn arrested in Dubai area
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Police have caught a businessman named Alejandro Hamlyn. He was hiding in Abu Dabi. Abu Dabi is a city near Dubai.
Hamlyn is from the Basque Country in Spain. Police say he is the mastermind of a big money crime. The crime is worth 154 million euros. This kind of crime is called fraud.
Hamlyn worked in the hydrocarbons business. Hydrocarbons are things like oil and gas.
Police say Hamlyn is a fugitive. A fugitive is a person who runs away from police.
Interpol caught him. Interpol is a police group that works in many countries.
There are audio recordings about Hamlyn. The recordings show him talking with a woman named Leire DÃez.
Police say Hamlyn and DÃez talked about impunity. Impunity means not being punished for a crime.
They also looked for bad secrets about the UCO. The UCO is a special police group in Spain.
Vocabulary8 words
- mastermind
- the person who plans a big plan, often a bad one
- fraud
- a crime where someone lies to get money
- hydrocarbons
- things like oil and gas used for energy
- fugitive
- a person who runs away from the police
- Interpol
- a police group that works in many countries
- audio
- sound, like a voice recording
- impunity
- not being punished for something bad
- UCO
- a special police group in Spain
Quiz
Answer key
1. Alejandro Hamlyn 2. Abu Dabi 3. 154 million euros
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Police have caught a businessman named Alejandro _____. He was hiding in Abu Dabi.
Hamlyn is from the Basque Country in Spain. Police say he is the _____ of a big money crime.
The crime is worth 154 _____ euros. This kind of crime is called fraud.
Hamlyn worked in the _____ business.
Police say Hamlyn is a _____.
_____ caught him. It works in many countries.
There are _____ recordings about Hamlyn talking with Leire DÃez.
Police say Hamlyn and DÃez talked about _____.
They also looked for bad secrets about the _____.