Crime

NGO Spavo on Thursday launched a new donation campaign to support its programmes for women affected by gender-based violence. “With your contribution, you directly support frontline programmes against domestic violence,” ...

A 25-year-old US citizen was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Thursday by the Paphos criminal court for attempting to smuggle 24 kilograms of cannabis into the Republic. She was found ...

A 22-year-old man accused of the attempted murder of a 47-year-old cyclist in July this year was on Wednesday been referred to a direct trial before the Larnaca criminal court. ...

More than €13,000 has been extorted from a company via email fraud, police said on Wednesday. The case was reported to the tax and customs administration department by a company representative. ...

A 66-year-old fell victim to an online General Health System (Gesy) scam after receiving a fraudulent text message requesting a small payment supposedly linked to his coverage, police said on ...

A man who was sentenced to 300 years in prison in Turkey for forgery and fraud was arrested in the north on Tuesday, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Wednesday. According to ...

A 49-year-old man was attacked with a knife by a 39-year-old co-worker on a construction site in Larnaca, police said on Monday. The incident occurred in the Tsiakkilero area of ...

Police spokesperson Vyron Vyronos, speaking to Sigma on Monday, dismissed allegations that the police failed to adequately respond to a complaint made before the fatal stabbing of 26-year-old Alexandros Antoniou. ...

A motorcycle was found ablaze in the Aglandjia suburb of Nicosia on Sunday night, police said on Monday. At around 11pm, members of the fire brigade arrived at the scene ...

The court case of Avakoum monastery monks Nektarios and Porfyrios has been postponed yet again, now set for February 24 at 9am, after defence lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou was occupied on Monday ...

A 44-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman were remanded in police custody for five days on Friday over their alleged involvement in a burglary, police said on Saturday. The two ...

Evidence related to 1,184 cases investigated in recent years by the district units of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (Ykan) in Cyprus was destroyed this year, police said on Saturday. It ...

A total of 135 boxes of 200 cigarettes each, four packs of 20 cigarettes each and 500g of rolling tobacco were located and seized in the luggage of a British passenger at Paphos ...

Paphos police on Thursday apprehended a man wanted in connection with a robbery, after a car chase and warning shots fired. In a statement, the police said that they attempted ...

The remand of five suspects arrested in connection with the murder of 30-year-old Victory Osarumen Thompson, found dead in a flat in Limassol on November 9, was renewed for another eight ...

A 22-year-old man arrested on Monday in connection with the attempted murder of a 47-year-old businessman in July was remanded for eight days on Tuesday. The suspect faces six charges, ...

The employers & industrialists federation (Oev) has issued a warning to its members following a rise in phishing and fraud attempts involving falsified invoice payment requests. The organisation said several ...

Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre said on Tuesday that 438 children – mostly early teens –were referred in 2024 to the Children’s House, the facility providing support to victims of sexual ...

The four suspects in the gunning down of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous a few metres from his Limassol home last month will remain in custody until their trial begins at ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Sunday issued a warning over a fresh wave of fraudulent emails being sent to unsuspecting consumers. In a statement on Monday, the authority ...

A motorcycle which had been reported stolen on Thursday was found on fire on Friday night in the Limassol suburb of Pano Polemidia. The police said the motorcycle was found ...

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly swindling another man out of over €100,000 after the pair agreed to purchase property together, the police said on Saturday. The man was ...

Circulating text messages asking beneficiaries to follow a link to correct their personal information in the national health system (Gesy) are a scam and should not be opened, the Health ...

Details that were so far unknown were presented on Friday by the prosecution during court procedures to file a case regarding the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous, who was gunned ...