EU: we must find a way to stop people-smuggling
The EU must find a way to stop migrant smugglers, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Wednesday as she cited latest figures showing that...
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Arrest warrant issued for suspected people smuggler
Police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a 31-year-old man who is wanted on suspicion of trafficking migrants from Lebanon. According to police, the...
Police seek suspected people smuggler
Limassol police said Thursday they were seeking a 38-year-old man in connection with people smuggling after he was linked to a migrant smuggling ring. Police...
Police detain suspected people smuggler
A 28-year-old Nicosia resident has been remanded in custody for four days in connection with people smuggling, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested...
Suspected people smuggler arrested in the north
Authorities in the north arrested a Turkish Cypriot man who was caught trying to smuggle four third-country nationals into the government-controlled areas, reports said on...
Suspected people smugglers deny charges
Five men held in connection with smuggling 131 migrants in November denied related charges before the Paphos criminal court on Tuesday. The migrants, mostly Syrians,...
Five suspected people-smugglers ask court for legal aid
Five suspects arrested for smuggling migrants faced the Paphos criminal court on Friday and asked for legal aid. The court accepted their request and the...
Rusting boats in Pyrgos a legacy of people smuggling
A rusting passenger vessel called Nedim Kaptan docked at the harbour of Kato Pyrgos since last November when it was towed by Cypriot authorities with...
Suspected people smuggler remanded by Paphos court
The Paphos district court on Sunday remanded a suspected people smuggler for eight days. The 39-year-old is suspected of involvement in bringing nine migrants to...
Suspected people smuggler remanded
A 37-year-old man suspected of smuggling 38 migrants into Cyprus was remanded for eight days on Wednesday by Nicosia district court. He was arrested a...
Three Syrians sentenced for people smuggling
The Famagusta Criminal Court has sentenced three men from Syria, aged 50, 37 and 32, after being found guilty for a number of offences concerning...
Police seek Syrian man in connection with people smuggling
Police said on Tuesday they were seeking Ahmed Badawi, 25 from Syria to facilitate investigations connected with conspiracy to commit a crime and assisting illegal...
Marine police step up patrols on northwest coast to stop people smuggling after tip-off
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday that authorities had stepped up marine patrols after receiving a tip-off that people smugglers were planning to drop...
Syrian remanded for eight days in people smuggling case (Update: adds justice minister)
A 37-year-old Syrian national and resident of Cyprus was on Thursday remanded in custody for eight days on suspicion of being the local facilitator for...
Remand for suspected people smuggler
A 35-year-old Palestinian was remanded by the Nicosia court on Thursday for six days in connection with a case of allegedly smuggling people to the...
Arrest could mean police on trail of people-smuggling ring through north
Police believe they are on the trail of a ring that smuggles Somalis from the north to the government controlled areas after they arrested a...
Eleven referred for trial in connection with people smuggling
Eleven people have been referred to trial before the Nicosia Criminal Court in connection with people smuggling, police said on Friday. The first hearing was...