Brothel busted in Nicosia’s old town
Police busted a brothel in Nicosia’s old town on Monday and arrested a 62-year-old man for operating it, reports said. The brothel was operating on...
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Three women remanded over prostitution charges (Updated)
The Limassol court on Wednesday remanded three women suspected of using an apartment for prostitution for eight days. According to police, the three women aged...
Three suspects remanded in prostitution case
Three suspects were remanded in custody for four days on Saturday by Larnaca District Court after they were discovered attempting to turn an apartment in...
Suspected sex trafficker arrested
A 43-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged trafficking of two women. Police said that on Saturday night they had arrested a...
Prostitution, sexual violence in Cyprus similar to rest of the world
The problem with prostitution, sexual violence and trafficking is similar to pretty much everywhere in the world, Julie Bindel an English writer, feminist, journalist and...
News podcast: the pimping of prostitution
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Cyprus slips back down the people-trafficking elimination list
Despite significant efforts, the Cyprus government has not met the minimum standards for the elimination of people trafficking, the US State Department’s 2017 Trafficking in...
Police condemned for buying sex to uncover pimping
This past week has seen the controversial practice of police associates paying for sex so they can prove cases of procurement for intercourse back in...
Remands in sex-for-sale case
Two people who were arrested early on Wednesday on suspicion of selling women for sex were remanded for four days by Paphos district court....
Two women arrested for aggressive prostitution
Two women were arrested on Friday night for allegedly trying to find customers for “immoral purposes”, police said on Saturday. According to the police, the...
Limassol club sign hints at half-price sex
The owner of a Limassol gentleman’s club has denied that an ambiguously worded sign outside his premises suggests that the women who work there are...
Romanians remanded in vice case
Three Romanian men were remanded for three days by Nicosia court on Wednesday in connection with investigations into offences concerning prostitution. The remand orders followed...
Woman arrested in connection with people trafficking
Police raided two flats in Nicosia on Wednesday evening, arresting a woman and taking another to a shelter for sexually trafficked victims. The flats were...
Human trafficking cop accused of ‘just trying to please the Americans’
Sexual trafficking victims should not be recognised as such when their alleged perpetrators are found not guilty, the Nicosia District court heard in a civil...
Spain’s De Gea denies links to prostitution case, to stay with squad (Update)
De Gea vehemently denies allegations MADRID, June 10 (Reuters) – Spain goalkeeper David de Gea said on Friday that press reports linking him to a...
Our View: Shades of grey between trafficking and prostitution
OMBUDSWOMAN Eliza Savvidou has complained because the provision of the law making the use of the services of victims of human trafficking a criminal offence,...
Romanian man and woman wanted by police
Police are searching for the whereabouts of two people from Romania, a 54-year old woman and a 32-year-old man, in connection with a case of...
Cypriot jailed in Egypt for soliciting prostitution, foreign ministry says
A Cypriot arrested in Egypt is serving a one year sentence for soliciting prostitution the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail,...
Mother and son remanded suspected of living off prostitution
A 50-year-old woman and her son, 25, were remanded in custody for three days in Larnaca on Tuesday on suspicion of living off the proceeds...
Uproar over call to legalise prostitution
By Jean Christou WOMEN’S groups on Monday accused DISY MP Rikkos Mappourides of glorifying prostitution by calling it a profession, and of cementing the notion...
