Filenews 29 January 2022 - by Michalis Hadjivasilis
Next week it will be decided what the outcome of the letter sent to the authorities by the Greek activist Elias Gionis will have. The Police Office of Anti-Trafficking, which is carefully examining the letter, has focused on three cases to determine whether there is ground to launch an investigation.
As mentioned yesterday in "F" by the Police, the data are evaluated and soon there will be a conclusion on what will happen with the cases he mentions. However, according to the same information, everything that Gionis claims is a screen shot of his posts, that is, it was a copy of posts made by himself or others on his social media account.
Police examinations focus on three cases that appear to require further study to see whether they have a basis for starting their investigation. The remaining 4-5 are old cases for which there had been a lot of noise in Cyprus and were eventually heard by the courts.
As for the cases of Filipino women victims of Metaxas, the Police say that the culprit has already been convicted, although he claims to have evidence of mistreatment of Filipino and 14-year-old girls. The activist has referred to cases that were dealt with several years ago without giving new evidence, there are cases that have reached justice and there have been convictions and there are no grounds to reopen it.
He, however, has said that if the information he forwarded to the Cypriot and Greek authorities is not investigated, he will make it public.
As far as the reports of a prostitution ring that funnels girls to Dubai via Cyprus are concerned, the Police estimate that these are simple reports without giving further evidence or being accompanied by any testimony. Also, until now, the Greek authorities with whom the Cypriot Police had come into contact after the complaint of a 24-year-old woman for her rape in Thessaloniki, do not have in their hands until today any testimonies that implicate Cyprus in the case, or more generally in a pimping ring.
However, as mentioned, whatever the outcome of the Police, the Legal Service will be informed so that the reports can be re-evaluated and final decisions taken.
