Our View: Practical steps needed to see human trafficking cases brought to court, not new laws
It is good that the House Ethics Committee has taken up the weakness of the authorities in combating human trafficking. The committee met on Monday...
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Human trafficking law remains a dead letter, says Akel deputy
The 2019 law to prosecute customers of human trafficking victims was not being implemented said the president of the House human rights committee, Irini Charalambidou...
Human trafficking arrest as part of European-wide operation
By Mary Spyrou One person has been arrested for human trafficking and eight possible victims were identified in Cyprus as part of a joint European...
Man charged with human trafficking offences
A 49-year-old man was charged with offences related to human trafficking for labour exploitation and withholding personal documents concerning five people, police said on Saturday....
Remands after two held against their will at Limassol farm
Two men, aged 55 and 30, were remanded on Tuesday for eight days after two other men, third-country nationals, who were located in one of...
Cyprus remains destination for trafficked persons report says
The number of presumed victims of trafficking referred to Cyprus police between 2015 and 2019 was 801, of whom 190 were formally identified as victims,...
Man arrested for human trafficking
A 58-year-old suspect was remanded into custody for five days on Saturday on human trafficking charges, police said. According to police, the man was arrested...
Two held on suspicion of human trafficking
Two people, a 39-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, have been arrested after police officers raided two illegal massage parlours in Nicosia and Limassol on...
Mourning clandestine corpses
By Alper Ali Riza The news last week of the horrible death of 39 men and women who suffocated in a refrigerated lorry en route...
Second arrest in sham marriages case in Larnaca (updated)
Police have detained two men on suspicion of organising sham marriages in Larnaca. Police initially arrested a 50-year-old man from Bulgaria after a 20-year-old foreign...
‘Ordinary hero’ says EU cooperation succeeded in combating human trafficking
By Evie Andreou ONE of the island’s youngest police officers chosen to represent Cyprus as part of the EU-wide ‘local hero’ campaign, says that cooperation...
New law goes after exploiters of trafficked persons
After long and intense discussion, the plenum on Friday unanimously approved a bill allowing the prosecution of people requesting, receiving, and/or using the services of...
Cyprus meets minimum standards for trafficking elimination
The 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report released Thursday by the State Department shows that the government of Cyprus fully meets the minimum standards for the...
Remand after two women thought forced into marriages (updated)
A 25-year-old man believed to be involved in a case of trafficking who was stopped on Thursday at Larnaca airport was remanded for seven days...
Raid on massage parlour
A 48-year-old man was arrested on Monday after a police raid on a beauty and massage parlour in Limassol on suspicion of human trafficking and...
Extra laws needed to combat human trafficking say MPs
With figures showing that 50 per cent of human trafficking victims in the EU are European nationals, additional laws are required to combat the practice,...
Three arrests as police stage human trafficking operation
A 36-year-old woman and two men, 52 and 60, who were arrested in connection with human trafficking for the purpose of prostitution in Limassol on...
Remands for women involved in human trafficking
A 36-year-old woman was remanded for eight days on Tuesday by the Nicosia district court to facilitate investigations into a case involving human trafficking, sexual...
State shelter for trafficking victims at full capacity
The state-run shelter for victims of human trafficking is at full capacity, hosting around 13-15 women, the House human rights committee said on Monday. “There...
Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site
Facebook said in response to a lawsuit accusing it of not doing enough to protect users from human traffickers that it works internally and externally...