#human trafficking

Authorities were called to assist victims of human trafficking in 147 cases last year and 149 so far this year while the island’s two shelters accommodated 20 people in 2022 and 14 so far ...

Police on Wednesday carried out busts against a “criminal organisation involved in the smuggling of irregular migrants to Cyprus”, with five arrests made. The move came as President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Human trafficker arrests are increasing in Cyprus, but the sentences imposed by the courts are very low, state broadcaster Cybc reported on Wednesday. As reported, there were three times as ...

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 ...

Authorities in Cyprus are poised to gain access on Tuesday to the files of 90 million people through the Schengen Information System (SIS). As a result the state’s national security ...

A number of human traffickers will be jailed for a combined total of three years for attempting to smuggle Middle Eastern and African nationals into Cyprus through the Sovereign Base ...

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 ...

A Cypriot court convicted a man who paid to have sex with a human trafficking victim about two years ago in Nicosia in a first ruling of its kind on ...

Resistance to reforms and changes promoted comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on ...

Authorities will take additional measures based on the recommendations of the US State Department’s human trafficking report on Cyprus, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on Wednesday. Saying that ...

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 ...

Many students never attend university and are either trafficked or enter the Republic By Esra Aygin The ease with which student visas are issued, the inadequate legal framework, and 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 ...

Two men have been jailed for almost two years on human trafficking charges, the police announced on Friday. The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court ruled the two men, 37 and 35, were guilty on ...

The ministries of justice, labour and social welfare on Wednesday signed memorandums of cooperation for combatting human trafficking and the protection of victims. The first memorandum, signed between Labour Minister ...

A 60 and 25-year-old were detained for five days and appeared in court on Monday on allegations of human trafficking and labour exploitation. The two suspects were arrested on January 10 after ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, under suspicion of aiding in human trafficking in Cyprus, police said. After receiving an anonymous tip, the police raided the suspect’s apartment ...

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 ...

The division of the island makes it easier for human traffickers to trick their victims into coming to Cyprus and harder for the authorities to arrest them, a new report ...

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 ...

More effective measures need to be adopted in an effort to crack down and eradicate human trafficking, said Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights Protection, Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Tuesday on ...

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 ...