Cyprus is a robust member of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) with ten active investigations in Cyprus and assistance in 58 cases involving other participating member states.
– Investigators have received formal orders of operation to dig into the 19-year-old case of guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou’s murder.
– Nicolaou’s death was initially ruled as a suicide but a recent inquiry determined he was strangled to death in a criminal act.
– The investigators have three months to conduct their investigation and will begin questioning individuals related to Nicolaou’s death.
– The case file is expected to include more than 5,000 pages of material gathered over the almost 20 years since Nicolaou’s killing.
Two men, aged 46 and 35, were arrested and remanded for eight days after the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever found in Cyprus was discovered at a cemetery in Oroklini.
Progressive and economic groups are urging Congress to use the expiration of .6 trillion in tax cuts next year as an opportunity to revamp the U.S. tax system.
Prison guards discovered a mobile phone and drug-laced paper during a cell search at Central Prisons. The items, believed to be synthetic cannabinoids, were found divided into tear-off squares for smoking. This incident is the third of its kind, prompting investigations into how contraband materials are entering the facility. Additionally, individuals attempted to throw footballs containing mobile phones across the prison perimeter, but the attempts were unsuccessful.
Three wanted individuals were arrested by police in Famagusta for theft and use of a stolen credit card, following a tip-off from a member of the public.
Fact: 29-year-old Indian national Arun Kumar died in a collision between a lorry and the motorbike he was riding in Larnaca.
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence chief, as well as three Hamas leaders, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The request will be reviewed by a pre-trial chamber composed of three magistrates, who will decide whether to issue the arrest warrants. If issued, the individuals could be arrested if they travel to an ICC signatory state, but the court itself has no means to enforce an arrest. The application for warrants may indirectly influence other court cases and legal challenges related to Gaza.
A 30-year-old woman jumped out of the first-floor balcony to escape her violent husband. Her husband, aged 44, was arrested and remanded in court for eight days.
Fact: A human limb was found at Lara beach in Paphos, with a foot still attached to a shoe.