#People trafficking

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 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. ...

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday for assisting the illegal entry of third country nationals into Cyprus. The man was arrested on July 17 after ...

Cyprus is a step closer to joining the Schengen Area, but it has not done so yet – meaning that full checks still apply to all who enter and leave, the ...

A 27-year-old man was remanded on Tuesday to facilitate investigations after the arrival of a boat with 20 migrants off the coast of Famagusta. The boat was initially detected by coast ...

Cyprus has demonstrated serious and sustained efforts in combatting human trafficking, despite challenges, a state department report from the United States said on Friday. According to the report, despite the ...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested for a case involving illegal entry into Cyprus. According to a witness statement, he was the driver of a five-metre-long boat, carrying 18 men, including ...

Larnaca criminal court sentenced a 38-year-old man to two years imprisonment for assisting 16 people with illegal entry into the country. The man was also found guilty of facilitating transportation in ...

Α 19-year-old man has been remanded on suspicion of assisting the illegal entry of Syrian migrants into the Republic, police said on Monday. A vessel with 12 men, two women and six ...

A 46-year-old man is the second to be arrested on suspicion of assisting irregular migrants enter the country illegally, after a boat arrived last Friday with 17 men onboard. The police ...

A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for human trafficking, police said on Wednesday. Appearing before the Larnaca Criminal Court, the man was found guilty of ...

Interior Minister Nikos Nouris highlighted Turkey’s role in the trafficking of irregular migrants during the proceedings of the European union’s council of internal affairs on Friday. “The €200 million ...

Four people have been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting 14 third-country nationals to enter the Republic of Cyprus from Cape Greco in the early morning hours. Police said the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to raise the exploitation of African migrants by traffickers who, facilitated by Turkish authorities, are sent to EU countries including Cyprus at the EU summit ...

The Limassol district court on Tuesday jailed three Bulgarian nationals, a woman and two men, the first for two years and the others for 20 months, after finding them guilty of ...

Parliament on Monday wrapped up discussion of a bill providing for severe penalties – criminal and otherwise – to persons or legal entities aiding and abetting the unlawful entry of persons into ...

Two men, a Turkish national and a Turkish Cypriot, were remanded on Wednesday for eight days on suspicion of illegally assisting a group of 19 Syrian migrants arrive in Cyprus by ...