Man jailed for over three years for trafficking
A Limassol court on Thursday sentenced a man to three-and-a-half years in prison, having found him guilty on the charges of trafficking persons and living...
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18 suspected trafficking victims found in Nicosia
Authorities on Monday identified 18 potential human trafficking victims of Russian and Ukrainian origin in Strovolos following a tip-off. Head of the office tasked with...
Funding for proposals to measure the impact of counter-trafficking programmes
The US embassy in Cyprus announced on Friday that the Human Trafficking Research Initiative (HTRI) was inviting researchers, policymakers, and implementing organisations to submit expressions...
Increasing number of trafficking victims are children says NGO
One in every three victims of human trafficking detected worldwide is a child, and the pandemic has made more children vulnerable to human traffickers, Hope...
Cyprus downgraded in US human trafficking report
Cyprus has been downgraded in the US State Department’s 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) after three years of being in the top tier, mainly...
Police rearrest man over abuse of domestic worker
Police on Wednesday rearrested a 68-year-old man suspected abusing his 31-year-old domestic worker. He is being investigated for human trafficking, exploitation of labour, racism and...
Paphos police to quiz migrants over traffickers
Paphos police are carrying out an investigation in Kokkinotrimithia on Friday to find out more about who brought 131 migrants to Cyprus on Monday by...
Arrest after police believe smash trafficking ring
A 48-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Tuesday on suspicion of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of trafficking victims after a police raid...
Two more women arrested in trafficking case
POLICE on Thursday arrested two more women in connection with an investigation into a suspected prostitution operation in Limassol. The two suspects, both foreign nationals,...
Who brings olive oil to Portugal? Police foil cocaine smuggler’s ploy
Who would bring a suitcase full of olive oil to Portugal, one of the world’s biggest producers of the stuff? Police at Lisbon airport were already...
