#human trafficking

The Limassol criminal court sentenced two 34-year-olds to five years in prison on Wednesday after finding them guilty of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Two other defendants, ...

The handling of human trafficking cases will be taken away from the deputy migration ministry and given to the justice ministry as a coordinator, following the uproar caused by a ...

Allegations of human trafficking and exploitation of young women working in Ayia Napa, highlighted in a recent Channel 4 documentary, were at the centre of a discussion at the House human ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Thursday morning under a court warrant, after a European arrest warrant – issued by Romanian authorities – was executed against him, police said. The ...

Cyprus is determined to combat human trafficking and in this direction it stands ready to continue to actively contribute to global efforts, along with implementing its own national strategy, special ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has highlighted the critical role of victim testimonies in identifying and tackling human trafficking, marking the occasion of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30. She ...

Two men accused of being part of a serious criminal network will remain in custody until their trial in September, after the court of appeal rejected their appeals last week, ...

A week-long European-led drive against people-trafficking has netted 158 suspected traffickers and ensured the safety of 1,194 victims in 44 countries, Europol said on Friday. Dubbed ‘Operation Global Chain’, the campaign, led by ...

The Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings (Greta) on Monday released its latest report on Cyprus, urging the island’s authorities to ...

Three suspects were brought before the Nicosia District Court on Saturday, after being arrested on Friday night for trafficking of adults for sexual exploitation. The operation, carried out with the ...

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ ...

Two men appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Friday, accused of making exactly $30,400 (€29,243) by trafficking people into the north from Sri Lanka. Police officer Yaren Yemenicioglu told the court ...

Cyprus authorities on Friday reaffirmed their ‘irrevocable’ commitment to combat human trafficking, on the occasion of the European Day Against Trafficking in Human Beings on October 18. A statement from the ...

MPs have strongly criticised the fact that human trafficking has fallen under the responsibility of the deputy ministry of migration, stressing that trafficking does not only concern foreign nationals, and ...

The head of the north’s citrus export company Cypfruvex, which is accused of having trafficked hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals and left them to live in squalid conditions in camps ...

A Syrian man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Friday after having illegally crossed from the Republic to the north with the aim of being sent back to Syria. ...

Social welfare services were called to help 53 cases of human trafficking in the first half of 2024, amid efforts to improve support to victims, it emerged on Friday. According to figures ...

A total of 100 people who were revealed to have been living in squalor in a camp near Morphou filed reports to the Turkish Cypriot police that they had been trafficked, ...

A Romanian court has ordered internet personality Andrew Tate to be placed under house arrest, his representative said on Thursday, after he was among six people taken into custody in ...

Cyprus’ government demonstrated “serious and sustained efforts” aimed at combating human trafficking, the US State Department revealed on Tuesday, though it urged for tougher prosecutions and jail time.   Its 2024 Trafficking ...

No human trafficker in the north was investigated or prosecuted in 2023, nor was any victim offered any shelter, a US State Department report published on Tuesday revealed. It identified a ...

Police on Monday announced they had successfully identified four potential victims of human trafficking. The four potential victims were identified during a real time training exercise organised by European cross-border ...

On paper, Cyprus is showing a decrease in human sex trafficking. Stakeholders however warn the reports hide the fact that police is failing to properly investigate. “I have to be ...

The two men who killed 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city are still on the run, police inspector Huseyin Zaifer told a court in the north on Monday. ...