Filenews 7 March 2024
Twenty trips to Cyprus over eight months, carrying a total amount of almost eight million euros, were made by the 31-year-old Ukrainian defendant.
According to philenews' information, she passed through the airports of Cyprus undisturbed, without anyone asking her for additional explanations for the exorbitant amounts in her possession and which she declared to be hers to the customs authorities.
Apparently, the 31-year-old thought she had found the easy way to launder black money without being noticed.
Philenews collected in detail the data of the 20 trips of the Ukrainian woman and we present them, along with the amounts she declared to officers of the Department of Customs:
1) 24 August 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €350,300
2) 31 August 2023 – Paphos Airport – €360,000
3) 15 September 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €360,000
4) 19 September 2023 – Paphos Airport – €360,000
5) 29 September 2023 – Larnaka Airport €370,000
6) 5 October 2023 – Paphos Airport €370,000
7) 6 November 2023 – Paphos Airport – €390,000
8) 21 November 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €420,000
9) 30 November 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €400,000
10) 21 December 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €400,000
11) 27 December 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €400,000
12) 29 December 2023 – Larnaka Airport – €420,000
13) 12 January 2024 – Larnaka Airport – €400,000
14) 20 January 2024 – Paphos Airport – €337,000
15) 1 February 2024 – Larnaka Airport – €380,000
16) 8 February 2024 – Larnaka Airport -€420,000
17) 10 February 2024 – Paphos Airport – € 420,000
18) 16 February 2024 – Larnaka Airport -€370,000
19) 20 February 2024 – Larnaka Airport -€412,000
20) 1 March 2024 Larnaca Airport -€420,000
It is impressive that he came to Cyprus mostly, three times a month, carrying an amount exceeding 1 million euros. A typical case is the month of February 2024, when within a period of 20 days, the 31-year-old defendant transferred an amount of money exceeding 2 million euros. The same applies to December 2023 where within 8 days, it transferred an amount of €1,220,000, which it declared all 3 times it arrived, to Larnaka airport.
As philenews knows, the 31-year-old followed the Poland-Athens-Cyprus route most of the time. In other words, it used the Greek capital as an intermediate stop and traveled from there to Larnaka and Paphos. As it was said during today's proceedings to refer the 31-year-old to the Larnaca Court, the defendant had made a cash declaration the 20 times she came to Cyprus, stating that these amounts were for the purchase of real estate, stating that they were hers.
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A person who repeatedly raped two underage cousins, one of whom was his godchild, will remain in prison for 20 years, with the court describing the case as "one of the worst of its kind".
The Court of Appeal dismissed in its entirety his appeal against his conviction and sentence, rejecting claims he made through his lawyers that the complaints from the victims were made too late and unjustified and that they did so on property grounds.
The offences against one minor were committed in the years 2006-2009, who was then aged 6-9 years, and the offences against the other child were committed between the years 1995-1997 when he was aged 9-11 years. At the time when the offences against one child were committed, the appellant was 26-29 years old, while at the time the offences against the other minor were committed he was between 13.5-15.5 years.
The Court of Appeal's account of how the perpetrator acted without inhibition in relation to one victim is shocking: "From that day until 2009, the appellant raped him many times without being able to identify them numerically.
In the first rapes, he tied his hands behind his back while keeping his mouth shut and placed a pillow on his face so that his voices could not be heard. About his sexual abuse and rape by the appellant, he did not report anything to anyone because he believed he would get into trouble. The sexual abuse stopped in 2009 when the appellant's foreign wife began staying with him more often at home.
Further, due to his mother's disagreement with the appellant over inheritance matters, she no longer wanted her son to have any contact with him. Because of the sexual abuse he suffered, he has been suffering from chronic depression since the age of 12, while at the age of 14 he made three suicide attempts. He has excruciating feelings of shame and guilt."
It is noted that the allegations were made only in January 2019, when one learned from the other what was suffering from the appellant.
The Court of Appeal in its judgment finds that the Assize Court that heard the case made a very careful and meticulous evaluation of the testimony without ignoring anything important, reaching correct findings with full justification. In assessing the testimony, account was taken of the testimony and positions of the appellant and his wife regarding a fabricated complaint motivated by revenge motives due to property disputes, which was rightly held to be wholly unreliable and lacking in logic. We note that the testimony of the complainants does not indicate their involvement in property disputes in any way.
Judges C. V. Charalambous, G. Kyriakides and M. G. Pikis stress in their judgment that due to the increase observed in this type of offenses against minors who have become a social scourge and the great social demerit that characterizes them, it is necessary to impose particularly severe and dissuasive penalties.
As stressed in the judgment, the circumstances of the commission of the offences against one child were extremely aggravating causing revulsion and revulsion. It is right to note that this case is one of the worst of its kind. The sentence of 20 years' imprisonment imposed is not manifestly excessive but falls within the correct legal framework. In the light of the above, the appeal against the conviction and the sentence is dismissed.
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The Larnaca Permanent Assize Court today imposed a six-year prison sentence on a 24-year-old woman, following her own admission, for offences relating to conspiracy to commit a felony, illegal import, supply, possession and possession of drugs for the purpose of supply, specifically approximately 7.9 kilos of cannabis.
According to the facts of the case, in the context of the actions taken by the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN) in cooperation with the Customs Authorities, the woman was stopped for inspection, around 8.30 pm on Friday, December 15, 2023, upon her arrival at Larnaka airport, from abroad.
During the search, eight nylon packages containing a total of 7 kg and 957 grams of cannabis were found in her luggage, resulting in her being arrested for a flagrant offence.
Following a hearing, the Assize Court today handed down a six-year prison sentence to the 24-year-old.
The case had been investigated by the Larnaka District Unit of YKAN.
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A notice of payment of €1,000 was issued to a 21-year-old man in whose possession a quantity of duty-free tobacco products was found. A total of twelve boxes of cigarettes and heated cigarettes were found in his possession.
Following information received by the Police, the 21-year-old was checked by officers of the Department of Customs and Excise and members of the Nicosia OPE, at the crossing point of Agios Dometios, where he went by car, to pass from the occupied to the free areas of the Republic, around midnight, last night. During the search of his car, nine boxes of cigarettes and three boxes of heated cigarettes were found placed in the engine compartment of the vehicle.
Upon completion of the examinations and after it was determined that they were duty-free tobacco products, the 21-year-old was arrested by officers of the Department of Customs. He was then released from detention after being served by customs officers with an out-of-court notice of payment of the sum of €1,000 for the possession of the found duty-free tobacco products.
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Pafos Live 8 March
Pafos Police arrested a 41-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an investigated case of causing anxiety, drunkenness, causing a traffic accident and resisting lawful arrest.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Pafos Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on 7.3.24 around 20:00 at night, a 41-year-old man who was driving his car in the area of Polis Chrysochous with a course from Prodromi to Polis Chrysochous, under circumstances that are being investigated, lost control of his vehicle, left the road on the left side and collided with a drilling machine that draws water. Nikolaou, members of the Polis Chrysochous police station, went to the scene to CNA.
The driver, who did not appear to be injured, started shouting, banging his hands on the car, and showed symptoms of intoxication. In an alcohol test he was asked to undergo, he allegedly refused, was arrested and detained for the offences of causing alarm, drunkenness, and resisting his lawful arrest. Further police examinations revealed that the 41-year-old was driving his vehicle without holding a driver's license, without insurance coverage and without a registration certificate.
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Members of the Pafos police conducted a campaign on a large part of the district's road network. The campaign covered roads in more than thirty communities both in the low and peri-urban area and in the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas.
More than 300 drivers of wheeled vehicles were stopped and 158 complaints emerged. Of these, 58 involved speeding.
Three vehicles believed to be immobilized were spotted on the roads, taken to police stations and the cases are being brought to justice.
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Pafos Press
The Police in Paphos proceeded to the arrest of a 29-year-old man on Thursday evening in order to facilitate investigations into an investigated case of illegal possession of burglary tools and carrying a knife.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, on Thursday at 18:40 a member of the Paphos ADE, while on patrol in an area of Paphos, spotted a person who was in possession of a number of burglary tools and a knife.
He is a 29-year-old man who had previously been involved with the Police for burglaries and thefts. Under interrogation, according to the Police, the 29 year old confessed that his purpose was to commit thefts in the area he was in. He was arrested for an unprovoked offense and taken into custody. Investigations into the case are ongoing.
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The Municipality of Geroskipou has taken a series of measures for the security of the Municipal Cemetery area due to the problem of thefts that have been observed recently.
As stated in a statement by the Municipality of Geroskipou, it has strengthened its fencing and lighting at points of special importance, mainly at the entrances of the cemetery, in order to prevent incidents of unwanted intrusions during the night hours and to establish operating hours from 06:30 until 20:00.
At the same time, a request has been made for more frequent police patrols to immediately deal with any potential security breach. Regarding the installation of a monitoring system, the Municipality informs the public that they have previously submitted two applications for a permit to install a closed circuit monitoring system, which did not receive positive responses.
However, efforts on this issue are continuing and soon he expects to receive the required approval, he says.
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Filenews 8 March
The Larnaca Assize Court today imposed a four-year prison sentence on a 25-year-old resident of Larnaka, whom it found guilty of the offence of illegal possession of drugs with the intention of supplying to another person.
The 25-year-old had been arrested in March 2022, when a parcel arriving in Cyprus, from abroad, addressed to the 25-year-old, detected a quantity of cannabis, with a gross weight of 319 grams. Also, in a search conducted at his home, a quantity of cannabis, weighing about two kilograms, was located and confiscated.
The case was investigated by the YKAN (Larnaka District Unit).
