NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. The official told The Associated Press the two Iranian men have been in police custody since […]
FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus — Eleni Ellinas can still hear the sound of the air raid sirens that woke her after 5 a.m. on Aug. 14, 1974. The Turkish military had invaded Famagusta, on the eastern coast of Cyprus. Within the city lay Varosha, a 2.3-square-mile, wealthy seaside community that was home to 39,000 people, mostly Greek […]
FBI agents tasked with investigating sanctions-busting have been dispatched to Cyprus as the global crackdown against Russian oligarchs, and the web of enablers who have helped hide their wealth, intensifies. The 24-strong team was expected to start “assisting Cypriot police” with immediate effect after arriving on the eastern Mediterranean island late Sunday. “They are here,” […]
A group of experts from the United States is in Cyprus to assist law enforcement authorities with investigations into alleged sanctions evasion by Russian oligarchs, Cyprus’ government said Wednesday. Spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis told reporters that President Nikos Christodoulides has met the experts who will advise police on how best to conduct probes into cases involving […]