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...
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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...
Trafficking chief believes child marriages going on under the radar
By Evie Andreou Among the cases the police anti-trafficking unit have had to deal with in the past were underage brides sent from Syria to...
‘Measures needed to stamp out corruption across civil service’
In the wake of the arrests of three officers in connection with people trafficking, police chief Zaharias Chrysostomou said Tuesday it was the first time...
Police officers arrested in people trafficking case (updated)
Police on Tuesday arrested three of their own in connection with people trafficking and sexual exploitation following allegations they received bribes to turn a blind...
Larnaca court jails drug traffickers
Two women from Venezuela were jailed for five years each in Larnaca on Monday after they admitted to trafficking close to one kilogramme of cocaine...
Top cop scathing of welfare dept’s attitudes to trafficking victims
A damning letter by the deputy police chief has accused social welfare services of neglecting trafficking victims, spending little time with them and taking too...
Report highlights labour exploitation (Updated)
Trade union Peo called on the government on Wednesday to toughen its response to illegal employment following a report stating that Cyprus is among...
New shelter inaugurated for adult trafficking victims
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Wednesday inaugurated, Open House, a new shelter for adult victims of human trafficking. Open House, which is part of the...
Cyprus and Bulgaria hold joint anti-trafficking op
Cyprus and Bulgaria held a joint operation involving the trafficking of human beings and sexual exploitation in both countries on Monday evening. Members of the...
Where government falls short, NGOs step in
By Jelter Meers Cyprus’ efforts against human trafficking were not as successful in 2016 as they were in 2015, according to the latest US Department...
Migrant smugglers’ trial begins in Paphos
PROSECUTION proceedings began in Paphos district court on Thursday against two Syrian nationals accused of smuggling a group of migrants into Cyprus late last month....
Human trafficking, police abuse, among main problems in the Republic, US state department says
Human trafficking, police abuse and violence against women remained the most significant problems in the Republic, according to the US state department’s human rights...
44 trafficking victims identified this year
A total of 44 trafficking victims have been identified so far this year, around the same as last year when 46 people were identified. “Two...
Man wanted in connection with trafficking
Police are looking for MD Amran Hasan Laiek, 22 from Bangladesh in connection with investigations into the offences of conspiring to commit a crime and...
More needs to be done to stop trafficking
Sexual and labour exploitation are the two most common forms of human trafficking in Cyprus the interior ministry said on Tuesday. In a message to...