A week of developments in the Al Jazeera network revelations, as indications reportedly point to the Legal Service being close to filing the case in court.
The voluminous file sent by the Police to the Legal Service since April has already been thoroughly studied by the legal team led by the Assistant Attorney General in collaboration with the investigators of the CID Headquarters, decisions on the next steps have been taken and all indications are that the case will now go the way of justice.
The file includes all the testimonial material, with statements taken from several persons and other evidence, as well as evidence received during the investigation of the case.
Indeed, as the Cyprus Times Times is informed, meetings were held over the last ten days between the team from the Legal Service that took over the case and the investigators from the CID headquarters, under the Assistant Attorney General.
As is known, the publication of the controversial video in October 2020 by the Al Jazeera network caused uproar, bringing to light dialogues on how a foreign investor could obtain a Cypriot passport, bypassing regulations and procedures. It was after the furore that erupted at the time that the Speaker of Parliament Dimitris Syllouris was forced to resign. At the time, AKEL MP Christakis Tziovanis, who appeared in the video that was made public, also resigned.
It is recalled that a few days ago, another naturalisation case went the way of justice. Specifically, a criminal case concerning offences committed in the context of the exceptional naturalizations of foreign investors and businessmen was registered at the Nicosia District Court, with the aim of referring it to the Criminal Court, based on the findings prepared by the Nicolatos Committee. Seven persons (four individuals and three legal entities) will be brought before the judiciary, facing a total of 15 charges. The charges include, inter alia, conspiracy to defraud the Republic, fraudulent evasion of VAT and providing false information when calculating VAT. Offences committed in the context of issuing three passports of the Republic of Cyprus to foreign persons.
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