• On April 11, 2019, Ecuador's Minister of the Interior announced that a Swedish man had been arrested in Ecuador.

    The man is said to be a close associate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assgne, who was arrested the same day at the country's embassy in London.

    The Swede is detained in Quito just hours after Ecuador withdrew Assange's asylum.

  • Ola Bini is arrested at Quito airport on his way to Japan to attend a martial arts training camp.

  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) later confirms that a Swedish man in his 30s, Ola Bini, is detained in Ecuador.

    Ola Bini suspected of data breach and detained for 90 days.

    Experts say Bini faces three to five years in prison if convicted.

  • In an initial statement to SVT Nyheter, Ola Bini says that he is convinced that the charges against him will be dropped as he is accused of a "tank crime" that is "Orwellian".

  • During a visit to Washington, Ecuador's president Lenín Moreno says that the Swede has hacked phones and accounts belonging to both private individuals and the government.

  • In May 2019, a court in Ecuador hears an appeal from Ola Bini and decides that he should remain in custody.

  • The UN criticizes Ecuador for the arrest of Ola Bini and questions whether the Swede's legal rights have been followed and whether the country has followed international conventions.

  • Ola Bini is detained until June 20, 2019. In an interview with SVT Nyheter shortly after, Ola Bini says that he is not allowed to leave the country and still does not know what he is accused of.

    Every week he must report to the prosecutor.

  • In August 2019, the prosecutor in Ecuador changes the criminal classification against Ola Bini's case from "attack on the integrity of computer systems" to "unauthorized intrusion into computer systems".

    He is suspected of intrusion into the state telecom company CNT's computer system.

    The new criminal classification should not affect the penalty scale, which is still imprisonment for three to five years.

  • In October 2019, the trial is due to begin, but the hearing is canceled without a new date.

  • After a long and protracted legal process, the Swedish programmer was charged in the summer of 2021.

  • In January 2022, the trial starts.

    Judgment was expected on May 20, but instead the negotiations were extended once more.

  • According to the Foreign Ministry, the Swedish embassy in Bogotá is following the case closely and is in contact with local authorities, Ola Bini and his lawyer and relatives.

    Staff from the embassy in Bogotá are present at the trial.

  • Ola Bini denies all the accusations and says they are politically motivated.