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03 October, 2023
 

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1. Notorious Italian mafia boss succumbs to cancer after 30 years on the run

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/notorious-italian-mafia-boss-succumbs-to-cancer-after-30-years-on-the-run

Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was convicted of multiple murders and was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died of cancer, officials said on Monday....

2. Tourist's nightmare continues - Five in custody in Ayia Napa

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourist-s-nightmare-continues-five-in-custody-in-ayia-napa

In a legal proceeding set to commence on October 5 at the Permanent Criminal Court of Famagusta, five individuals, aged 20 and 19, and identified as foreigners, have been formally accused of their involvement in aiding police investigations....

3. Four accused of brutalizing child freelance dealer

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-accused-of-brutalizing-child-freelance-dealer

"They treated me worse than an animal," said the young man who was beaten, burnt, and forced to snort cocaine by drug traffickers....

4. 24-year-old woman escapes kidnapping attempt in Paphos

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/24-year-old-woman-escapes-kidnapping-attempt-in-paphos

On Monday, the Paphos Police arrested someone for allegedly sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman in Paphos....

5. Political parties fueling nationalism crisis in Chlorakas protest

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/political-parties-fueling-nationalism-crisis-in-chlorakas-protest

The "people living in Chlorakas who are organized" issued a statement today expressing their unhappiness with reports on the internet about "a small group of individuals spreading false information and serious accusations against the residents of Chlorakas and their protest against segregation," they argue....

6. Police probe alleged kidnapping case in Chlorakas

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-probe-alleged-kidnapping-case-in-chlorakas

The police in Paphos are investigating a case of kidnapping that is said to have occurred in late August, even though the alleged victim did not file a complaint after being located....

7. Vigilante militias detain migrants in Evros: New video emerges

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vigilante-militias-detain-migrants-in-evros-new-video-emerges

A recently surfaced video depicts four migrants allegedly apprehended by vigilante "militias" in the Evros region, now circulating across online platforms....

8. Closure after 5 decades: Former pastor charged with murder

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/closure-after-5-decades-former-pastor-charged-with-murder

An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday....

9. Mossad kidnapping inside Iran tied to Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mossad-kidnapping-inside-iran-tied-to-cyprus

Bizarre revelations emerged on Thursday in an alleged thwarted attack on Israeli targets in Cyprus, after Mossad revealed that agents had gone inside Iran and kidnapped a man who later confessed on video his plans to kill an Israeli businessman on the island...

10. Alleged teen kidnapper gives own version of events

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alleged-teen-kidnapper-gives-own-version-of-events

A foreign man accused of kidnapping two teenagers in a public park in Nicosia says he did not do anything, but local media say the suspect admitted after his remand hearing that he held a boy and a girl against their will...

11. Alleged park kidnapper remanded in custody for eight days

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alleged-park-kidnapper-remanded-in-custody-for-eight-days

The 29-year-old man accused of kidnapping minors in a park on April 20th was brought before the Nicosia District Court. As per reports, the foreign national, who has been detained for eight days, is refusing to cooperate with the investigators regarding the case....

12. Huge child abduction case flops in Cypriot court

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/huge-child-abduction-case-flops-in-cypriot-court

A criminal court in Cyprus has acquitted all remaining defendants in a high profile child abduction case, just months after a Norwegian court also vindicated the father of the young girl, whose Cypriot mother accused him six years ago of taking their daughter unlawfully...

13. Uncle says Little Hacker was scouting for burial sites

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uncle-says-little-hacker-was-scouting-for-burial-sites

The disappearance of a Limassol man feared murdered has become more complicated after the uncle of the main suspect, known as Little Hacker, offered to point investigators to possible burial sites claiming they were picked by his nephew...

14. Police build disappearance case but no breakthrough

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-build-disappearance-case-but-no-breakthrough

The disappearance of a Limassol man said to be implicated in a convoluted cryptocurrency case continues to baffle Cypriot authorities, following additional arrests and search parties expected to continue after an unsuccessful holiday weekend...

15. Police silent over alleged op to catch teen predator

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-silent-over-alleged-op-to-catch-teen-predator

Police declined to comment on an alleged kidnapping of two teenagers at a park in Nicosia, following reports that a boy and a girl accompanied by their parents filed a complaint that led to a failed undercover operation to catch a pervert...

16. Disappearance less clear after cops nab hacker’s pal

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disappearance-less-clear-after-cops-nab-hacker-s-pal

A man said to be an acquaintance of Little Hacker, the detained suspect in a disappearance case possibly linked to cryptocurrency theft, has also been nabbed by police after investigators became suspicious over partial statements he had made, but charges still remained unclear...

17. Police suspect foul play in cryptic disappearance case

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-suspect-foul-play-in-cryptic-disappearance-case

A local man who did time in a US prison and is also being accused of bitcoin theft in Cyprus has turned himself in, but he is reportedly not answering questions about the disappearance of a man whose torched vehicle was found in rural Nicosia last week...

18. Why do Norwegian babies nap outside in freezing temperatures?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/why-do-norwegian-babies-nap-outside-in-freezing-temperatures

An Australian man living in Norway has clocked more than 14 million views on a clip that shows about a dozen babies sleeping outside in their strollers in freezing temperatures....

19. Cyprus removes ban on vindicated Norwegian dad

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-removes-ban-on-vindicated-norwegian-dad

An appeals court in Norway has vindicated a man who says his daughter was abducted twice by her Greek Cypriot mother and authorities on the island did nothing to help, with the news raising questions about judicial irregularities and further prompting Nicosia to take down an Interpol arrest warrant that had essentially prevented him from visiting Cyprus...

20. Police arrest driver who pulled up next to tween

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-arrest-driver-who-pulled-up-next-to-tween

Police have detained a male suspect in connection with an investigating into a kidnapping attempt, after a young girl said a car pulled up next to her a bus stop in Famagusta...

21. Attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in Deryneia

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/attempted-kidnapping-of-a-12-year-old-girl-in-deryneia

Following a mother's complaint, police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in the Famagusta District....

22. Young man gets 16 years in Ayia Napa rapes

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/young-man-gets-16-years-in-ayia-napa-rapes

A young man will spend the next 16 years in prison after a criminal court found him guilty of raping three women in Ayia Napa just before summer 2022...

23. Men arrested after bride kidnapping goes awry

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-arrested-after-bride-kidnapping-goes-awry

Three men have been arrested on breaking and entering charges following a failed attempt to steal a young female from the household who secretly got hitched to her beau without dad’s blessing...

24. Turkish dissident detained after brutal assault

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-dissident-detained-after-brutal-assault

A foreign national is in remanded custody in Cyprus after being accused of kidnapping a man in Ayia Napa as well as assaulting him and his former girlfriend in her apartment in Paralimni...

25. Ayia Napa serial rape arraignment pushed back

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ayia-napa-serial-rape-arraignment-pushed-back

Prosecutors in a serial rape case in Ayia Napa will have to wait until next month, after arraignment this week in a closed hearing was postponed when the defendant asked the court to appoint a public defender...

26. NYT: Deep in Vatican Archives, Scholar Discovers 'Flabbergasting' Secrets

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nyt-deep-in-vatican-archives-scholar-discovers-flabbergasting-secrets

David Kertzer put down his cappuccino, put on his backpack, and went digging for more Vatican secrets....

27. Brothers deny charges in murders of Russian women

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brothers-deny-charges-in-murders-of-russian-women-in-cyprus

Two brothers who are facing charges in the double murder of two Russian women in Cyprus pleaded not guilty on Friday, after both admitted being at the cottage where the bodies were found in December but denied being involved in murder or conspiracy...

28. Israeli abduction suspect out on bail in Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israeli-abduction-suspect-out-on-bail-in-cyprus

An Israeli businessman in Cyprus has been released on bail following a preliminary hearing for his extradition to Italy, where he has been implicated in the abduction of a young boy who survived a cable car disaster but was caught in a cross-border custody battle ever since...

29. Supreme Court slams unwarranted access to phone data

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-slams-unwarranted-access-to-phone-data

The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has found that a law allowing indiscriminate phone data retention for police purposes violates EU rights to privacy, with experts describing the decision as a major upset in ongoing criminal cases built on private information...

30. Another chapter closes in Strovolos double murder

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-chapter-closes-in-strovolos-double-murder

A man convicted as an accomplice in the Strovolos double murder case has lost his appeal, with his lawyers failing to convince the Supreme Court that the conviction of their client was not based on solid evidence...

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