Wanted man facing extradition to Bulgaria
A 49-year-old Bulgarian national was arrested in Paphos on Wednesday for robbery and theft committed in Bulgaria back in June 2015. A European arrest warrant...
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Supreme Court approves extradition of Russian man to Moscow
Reversing an earlier decision of a lower court, the Supreme Court on Friday approved the extradition of a Russian citizen to Russia where he is...
Fraud suspect wanted by Russia arrested in Limassol
Police on Thursday arrested a 33-year-old man sought by Russian authorities on suspicion of fraud and embezzlement. Acting on information from Interpol via the Russian...
Lawyer of Cypriot extradited to US seeking time served sentence
Joshua Epiphaniou, the first Cypriot national ever extradited to the US where he is facing hacking charges and up to 20 years in prison, has...
Teenage Cypriot hacker extradited to the US due in court Monday
Twenty-year-old Joshua Epiphaniou, who, on July 17, became the first Cypriot national to ever been extradited to the US, where he is facing hacking charges...
Man extradited to Cyprus over $92 million fraud
A 42-year-old suspect arrested in connection with a huge money scam on January 17 in Budapest was extradited to Cyprus on Wednesday. A case of...
No release from jail for young hacker ahead US extradition hearing (Corrected)
The supreme court has upheld the decision by the Nicosia district court to deny the release from jail of a 20-year-old Cypriot man until the...
Man, wanted in Ukraine, released on bail
The 57-year-old man wanted under European arrest warrant, who was arrested when he arrived in Paphos airport, was released on bail on Wednesday. Police arrested...
Police catch up with suspected purveyor of child porn a year later
A Paphos man, 60, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of possessing child porn, just over a year after his first arrest, release and subsequent...
Extradited man referred to trial in teen’s drug death
A 40-YEAR-OLD man from Limassol was referred on Friday to a criminal trial on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death last year of...
Man wanted for murder extradited from Cyprus
A man arrested in Cyprus on October 23 has been extradited to the UK, where he has been charged with murdering a father-of-two outside a...
Cyprus court refuses to approve extradition of Kurdish man to Germany
The Larnaca district court on Friday rejected the request by German authorities for the extradition of Kurdish Turkish national Cerkez Korkmaz. “The request by the...
Kurd, wanted by Germany, tells court he was never a PKK member
Turkish Kurdish national Cerkez Korkmaz, who is wanted in Germany in connection with terrorism offences, said on Monday he was never a member of the...
Lawyer appointed for Kurd wanted by Germany
Larnaca district court on Monday approved a request by Cerkez Korkmaz, a Turkish national of Kurdish extraction who is being sought by German authorities, to...
Fresh extradition proceedings for Kurd wanted in Germany
A Kurdish man wanted in Germany on terrorism charges was released and then rearrested on Monday, as his extradition procedure started anew in Larnaca. Cerkez...
Kurdish man’s extradition hearing postponed
The extradition hearing of Kurdish national Cerkez Korkmaz, 60, was postponed on Friday by the Larnaca district court pending a decision by the European Court of...
Man detained in case of smuggling 25.3kg of cannabis
A 39-year-old man was arrested on Friday night for a case concerning the smuggling of more than 25 kilogrammes of cannabis found in the luggage...
Arrest of man wanted by Czech authorities
A 44-year-old Czech national was arrested on Sunday at the Ayios Dometios checkpoint after two European arrest warrants issued by the Czech Republic were found...
Kurd wanted in Germany tells court not involved with PKK
The Kurdish detainee Cerkez Korkmaz, 60, who is wanted in Germany on terrorism-related charges told the Larnaca district court on Tuesday that Turkey is behind...
Kurds in Cyprus to mobilise for release of arrested compatriot
The Kurdish community in Cyprus are planning a protest next week outside the Larnaca district court and have launched a petition calling for the release...