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Cyprus - October 2022

Trial of politicians embroiled in passport scandal

On 26 October politicians accused of involvement in a discredited citizenship-for-investment scheme appeared in Nicosia Criminal Court. The scheme was exposed by an Al Jazeera investigation in August 2020, which detailed a failure to enforce eligibility criteria leading to the sale of passports to criminals and the facilitation of the laundering of stolen assets. A subsequent public inquiry found that over 6,700 people had been granted citizenship through the scheme between 2007 and 2020, over half of which were found to have been unlawfully granted. The defendants on trial include former parliamentary speaker Demetris Syllouris, facing charges of corruption and bribery.

Sources: Al Monitor, Al Jazeera, Cyprus Mail

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