AG says more passport prosecutions coming soon
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said Monday his office will soon be filing more prosecutions relating to Cyprus’ controversial ‘golden passport’ scheme, which among others has drawn...
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Preliminary audit probe into citizenship scheme to be completed early next year
A preliminary report of the audit service’s probe into the controversial citizenship by investment scheme will be ready by the end of the year or...
390 passports approved after investment scheme ended
The government green-lit close to 400 passports for foreign nationals applying under the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme, after the scheme was terminated, MPs heard on...
Giovani Group says latest Al Jazeera report ‘baseless’
The Giovani Group on Tuesday said none of its executives have ever had dealings of any sort with persons named in the latest report by...
Al Jazeera reveals how UK football deals led to Cyprus passport scheme irregularities (Update 2)
The Al Jazeera network on Monday aired a new documentary which – though dealing with the laundering of money through the purchase of English football...
Legal service forwards passports probe findings to police
The state Legal Service has forwarded the findings of an inquiry into the citizenship by investment programme to police with instructions to investigate whether any...
Full text of passport probe conclusions released, criminal investigations set to follow (updated)
A report into the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programme, released on Tuesday, conveys a picture of an almost total system failure – authorities and actors across...
Brussels tells Cyprus to stop processing pending citizenship applications (Update 2)
Brussels is taking action against Cyprus for continuing to process pending applications for citizenship even though the passports for investment scheme was axed last November...
Our View: Passports report shows there must be some culpability
The 780 pages of findings of the investigative committee set up to look into the citizenship scheme from 2007 to 2020 was given to the...
Anastasiades: those who exploited citizenship scheme should be losing sleep (update 2)
Those who exploited the deficiencies of the citizenship by investment programme should not be sleeping at night, President Nicos Anastasiades said Tuesday, a day after...
