https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ny-dad-flies-in-after-son-s-return-delayed
The father of a US-born child abducted by the mother over three years ago flew to Cyprus Wednesday night, after the country’s Supreme Court issued a temporary hold on a return order following a motion from the mother to delay her son’s departure...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-court-sides-with-dad-in-new-york
A Greek Cypriot mother who was accused of abducting her son from the United States four years ago lost her appeal on Wednesday, a deadline set for the child to fly back to New York...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-accused-of-abduction-speaks-out
Another child custody nightmare made headline news last week after a Cypriot mother has been ordered by a local court to take her son back to the United States, where his father filed a parental abduction complaint...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foster-child-s-mother-back-in-court
A mother who lost custody of her child was arrested Sunday following a complaint that she abducted her own son from state foster care, with reports suggesting she had tried to reunite with her son previously but a judge ordered her to stay away pending an abuse trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-suspected-of-abducting-local-woman
A Limassol court has ordered a male suspect remanded in custody after he was arrested in connection with indecent assault and kidnapping of a woman in the wee hours Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officers-in-serial-killer-probe-lawyer-up
A local report hints at legal wars brewing within prosecution agencies in the Republic of Cyprus, following the attorney general’s decision to prosecute fifteen police officers in the serial killer case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-men-face-attempted-kidnapping-in-paphos
Two Syrian men accused of attempted kidnapping denied the charges on Saturday, a day after a private security guard in Paphos made a citizen’s arrest and told police he saw the suspects trying to abduct two boys...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-work-needed-in-serial-killer-probe
More statements described as “necessary” and some changes are being sought in the serial killer probe, which has identified so far two dozen officers for failing to do their job in handling cases of missing women and children who were later found murdered in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officers-named-in-serial-killer-probe
An independent probe into police handling of missing complaints in the serial killer case has been completed, with investigators naming some 20 officers for failing to do their job...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wrong-guy-arrested-in-abduction-scares
A man detained over recent abduction scares in Nicosia was released Tuesday evening, with police saying he did not appear to be involved in the incidents...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-detained-over-abduction-scares
A male suspect has been arrested in connection with stranger danger incidents near local schools in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unknown-man-walks-into-primary-school
Local authorities went on high alert Monday after an unknown adult male was seen walking inside a primary school in Kaimakli, east Nicosia, only days following reports of abduction scares in adjacent communities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/community-on-alert-after-abduction-scares
Local authorities in east Nicosia are on high alert following a number of parent complaints about a male suspect who has been approaching boys and girls after school...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dad-arrested-on-child-abduction-charges
A father has been arrested in Paphos following a kidnapping incident, after he reportedly snatched his two children from the custody of their mother...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/medical-records-set-on-fire-at-a-larnaca-school
Police are investigating a suspected arson at a Larnaca elementary school, where medical records of pupils appeared to have been set on fire...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/local-man-says-his-kids-were-kidnapped
Police are looking for a European woman who allegedly abducted her two children three weeks ago and left the country...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/custody-issue-raised-during-marie-abduction-trial
Five defendants have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges in Marie’s abduction in 2017, while prosecution is facing mounting pressure to clarify whether or not the Norwegian father of the little girl had legal custody...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/citizens-praised-for-helping-police
Dozens of citizens got praise from authorities during a police award ceremony on Wednesday in recognition of their role in combating crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/strovolos-double-murder-trial-gets-ugly
A defence attorney in the Strovolos double murder trial accused a police officer of falsifying a document, prompting a heated exchange in the courtroom...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tzionis-changes-plea-on-some-charges
There were new developments on Monday in the Strovolos double murder trial, with the main defendant changing his plea to guilty on burglary and kidnapping, while still maintains his innocence on the murder charges...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/orestis-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges
Nikos Metaxas was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the murders of five women and two children, just hours after he pleaded guilty in an unprecedented serial killer case that shocked the public in Cyprus and overseas...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mom-arrested-after-snatching-son-from-foster-care
A mother has been arrested on kidnapping charges after Child Services accused her of snatching her son from a foster care facility...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-vendor-mistaken-for-kidnapper-in-larnaca
Larnaca police went on high alert Friday by responding to a school complaint over a possible kidnapper, who ended up being a vendor for the canteen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/abducted-woman-found-after-car-accident
Two male suspects have been arrested in the abduction of a 36-year-old woman, who was forced into a car in broad daylight in Limassol on Thursday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-searching-for-his-daughter-in-china
The justice minister raised a humanitarian issue with his counterpart in China this week, regarding a Cypriot father who is searching for his teenage daughter since 2013...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-abductor-gets-sixteen-years
The Larnaca abductor who kidnapped and drugged two school boys has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, with the criminal judges describing the case as unprecedented for Cyprus standards...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/charges-in-parental-abduction-of-marie-eleni
Five people are expected to face charges in the 2017 abduction of Marie-Eleni, while reports out of Norway say the mother took her daughter without holding up her end of the bargain...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-held-captive-runs-to-police
A woman in Paphos says she was being held captive by her ex boyfriend who was beating her until she managed to escape...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/judge-clears-courtroom-in-larnaca-abductor-trial
A Larnaca judge ordered reporters and onlookers to leave the courtroom in the kidnapping trial of two school boys, citing the tender age of the victims...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-abductor-admits-drugging-school-boys
The criminal trial in the Larnaca abduction case continued on Wednesday, with suspect Yiorgos “George” Nicolaou finally admitting two the drugging charges along with kidnapping the two school boys...
