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Man remanded over child pornography (Updated)

Man remanded over child pornography (Updated)

April 10th, 20191086 A 35-year-old man, a resident of Nicosia, who is suspected of child pornography was remanded for four days on Wednesday. The session in court took place behind closed doors due to the nature of the offence. The suspect’s home was first searched on April 7 after information was received from the cybercrime unit which...

Four years for Limassol man possessing child porn

Four years for Limassol man possessing child porn

March 14th, 20191585 A 38-year-old Limassol man was jailed for four years on Thursday after he was found guilty of possession and distribution of child pornography. The man was arrested in August 2016 after police searched his home and found a large number of pornographic videos and photos on a laptop. Police said they found 160 folders containing...

Man sentenced to five years for statutory rape and possessing child porn

Man sentenced to five years for statutory rape and possessing child porn

January 25th, 20192536 A 26-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison by the Nicosia court on Friday, after he was found guilty of possessing child pornography and grooming children for sexual purposes. The criminal court said that according to the evidence, the man used Facebook and the application Viber to approach and build a relationship with...

Tighter controls on sex offenders in the works, Nicolaou says

Tighter controls on sex offenders in the works, Nicolaou says

January 18th, 20191501 A bill to amend the existing law on the Prevention and Combating of Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography, provides for victims to be informed of the release date of their assaulter, Justice Minister, Ionas Nicolaou, said on Friday. The bill aims to cover gaps and omissions found in the law since...

Woman arrested in connection with possession of child porn

Woman arrested in connection with possession of child porn

January 4th, 20193327 Police arrested a woman in connection with the possession and distribution of child pornography in Nicosia on Friday. The arrest was made after the anti-corruption department was warned by Europol that a social media user sent a pornographic video to another user. The owner of the account, a 26-year-old woman, was arrested in her...

Man arrested after child porn found on mobile phone

Man arrested after child porn found on mobile phone

December 24th, 20182936 A 46-year-old man in Ayia Napa was arrested early Monday for allegedly possessing child pornography on his mobile phone, police said. Police said that members of the Famagusta Task Force, after receiving a tip-off arrested the man in his home at around 2am. During a check carried on the phone a number of child pornography files was...

Remand for child porn suspect

Remand for child porn suspect

October 4th, 20181206 A 35-year-old man living in Limassol was remanded on Thursday for seven days in connection with the possession of child pornography files. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday after a tip-off that he may have in his possession child pornography material. During a search of his home, police said they seized a computer tower, an...

Man remanded over child pornography (Updated)

Man remanded over child pornography (Updated)

September 10th, 20181392 A 26-year-old man accused of possessing child pornography was remanded for five days by the Nicosia district court on Monday. The man’s home in Nicosia was searched on Sunday after a warrant was secured for his arrest as Europol had initially collected evidence against him that was verified by the cybercrime unit. After searching...

Supreme Court hikes sentence for child-porn offender

Supreme Court hikes sentence for child-porn offender

March 29th, 20182923 The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that it had raised the sentence of a man found guilty by the Limassol Criminal Court last year of the possession of child pornography. In a statement, the Supreme Court said that, following an appeal by the Attorney-general (AG), it has raised a three-year prison sentence to five years. The...

Man arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn

Man arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn

November 29th, 20173578 Police arrested a man for allegedly being in possession of child pornography on Tuesday afternoon in Nicosia. Following a tip off, officers, armed with a warrant, searched the 25-year-old suspect’s residence and car at around 2pm. During the search a number of laptops, mobile phones and electronic data storage devices were...

Arrest after child porn found

Arrest after child porn found

October 5th, 20172415 Following a tip-off from Europol, police arrested a 24-year-old man from Larnaca in connection with the possession of child pornography late on Wednesday afternoon. He was remanded for five days on Thursday. The man’s house was searched after the cybercrime unit received information that he had uploaded a number of child porn...

Larnaca man arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography

Larnaca man arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography

April 23rd, 20171829 A 53-year-old man from Larnaca has been arrested on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography, police said on Sunday. The suspect's home was searched under warrant based on information obtained from Europol that the IP user from that address had uploaded and disseminated material on a specific platform used to...

Suspected sexual predator arrested in Nicosia

Suspected sexual predator arrested in Nicosia

January 22nd, 20171728 A 52-year-old resident of Nicosia was arrested on Sunday to facilitate investigations concerning possession of child porn and solicitation of children for sexual purposes, police said. The arrest came after a tip-off to police that the man was frequenting certain social media sites, striking up conversations with underage girls and...

Child porn arrest in Limassol

Child porn arrest in Limassol

December 8th, 20163270 A Limassol man has been apprehended and is being held in connection with inquiries into possession of child pornography, police said on Thursday. “A 29-year-old Limassol man was (on Wednesday) arrested and detained on a judicial warrant to facilitate ongoing investigations into a case concerning possession and distribution of child...

Limassol man arrested in child porn case

Limassol man arrested in child porn case

August 14th, 20162561 A 36-year-old man in Limassol has been arrested after police said they found child pornography on his computer. He is suspects of disseminating the material on the internet via file-sharing programs. Police searched the man's home on Sunday and said they found 160 videos and 110 photos on his computer, they said. They also seized his...

Arrest on suspicion of possessing child porn

Arrest on suspicion of possessing child porn

July 24th, 20161366 A 29-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Sunday in connection with a case of child pornography. Police said that during a search in the man’s house, for which a court warrant was issued, they found a child pornography file on his mobile phone, and in a number of documents. The evidence was confiscated....

Police seize Nicosia man's PC and hard drives in child porn arrest

Police seize Nicosia man's PC and hard drives in child porn arrest

March 27th, 20163102 A 42-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Sunday after police said a search of his home computer revealed a number of child porn video files. Acting on information, police raided the man's house in the morning with a search warrant. A cursory examination of his computer allegedly revealed 18 child porn video files. Officers ...

Our View: Parents need to take more care when uploading their children’s photos

Our View: Parents need to take more care when uploading their children’s photos

February 5th, 20162321 EARLIER this week, police issued an announcement urging parents to think twice before posting photos of their children on social media as the images could be altered digitally by predators and used as child porn material. They said cases investigated by the police office against cyber crime had uncovered paedophile files of images of...

Arrest after child porn found on laptop

Arrest after child porn found on laptop

February 2nd, 20161753 A 29-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after his Limassol home was searched and 43 files of child pornography were found on his laptop. Police searched his home after securing a court order and was arrested him on the spot when the incriminating material was found. Two laptops and a mobile phone were taken as evidence.

Arrest for suspected possession of child porn (Updated)

Arrest for suspected possession of child porn (Updated)

August 5th, 20152186 A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Paphos and remanded for three days on suspicion of illegal possession and trafficking of child pornography. The arrest was made after police received information from EUROPOL. Swiss authorities and EUROPOL, during an operation aiming to fight the growing phenomenon, uncovered the identity of...

Remand for child porn suspect (update)

Remand for child porn suspect (update)

June 9th, 20151858 A 21-year-old man from Larnaca was remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday n connection with possession of child pornography. The man was arrested after Cypriot authorities were informed that someone on the island had been using an online network mainly used by paedophiles. The network was investigated by US authorities, which...

Police officer suspended after child porn allegations

Police officer suspended after child porn allegations

March 19th, 20152063 A 35-year-old drug squad (YKAN) officer has been suspended on orders from the police chief while criminal and disciplinary offences against him are investigated involving a teenage girl who was a minor at the time, deputy police spokesperson Nicoletta Tyrimou has said. The officer was arrested on Tuesday but reported feeling unwell...

Man arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn

Man arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn

March 3rd, 20151470 A 19-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly convincing am underage teenage girl to pose online for nude photos, and for possessing and distributing child pornography. According to police reports, a 15-year-old girl reported that the suspect had sent her a friend request on her social media account using a...

Four years jail for social media pervert

Four years jail for social media pervert

February 17th, 20152004 A Greek Cypriot man aged 43 was sentenced to four years in prison by the Nicosia court on Monday after being found guilty of indecent assault, forgery related to setting up fake social media accounts, and possession of child porn. The case dates back to 2014 when the man was arrested for soliciting and acquiring child pornography...

Man arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn

Man arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn

January 3rd, 20151527 Police have arrested a 38-year-old man in Larnaca on suspicion of possessing child porn. He was remanded on Saturday for five days. The man was arrested after EUROPOL issued an alert to Cyprus police that an IP address traced to Cyprus had downloaded 18 such files. Police, after issuing a search warrant to probe the man’s internet...

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