Penalties of imprisonment were imposed today[/B] on six[/B] persons, while another two persons were fined in connection with the pending offences of illegal employment, illegal residence in the Republic, and illegal employment.[/I]
Specifically, the Limassol District Court imposed a sentence of imprisonment of three months on a man aged 64 for the offence of illegal employment, while for the offences of illegal employment and illegal residence in the Republic, committed by three persons, men aged 33, 32, and 47, nationals of a third country, the Court imposed sentences of 45 days' imprisonment.
According to the evidence on appeal presented before the Court by the Prosecution, on May 17, 2022, members of the Immigration and Immigration Service - YAM, of the Limassol Police Directorate, located the 33-year-old, 32-year-old and 47-year-old, working illegally, without a permit from the competent authority, at a construction site in Limassol. As also established by the members of the YAM, the three of them were residing illegally in the Republic. Their employer was the 64-year-old, who was also found at the site during the control.
A 40-day prison sentence, also for the offences of illegal employment and illegal residence in the Republic, was also imposed by the Nicosia District Court on a 27-year-old man, a national of a third country, while two other men, aged 27 and 26, nationals of a third country,[/B] the District Court imposed fines of EUR 200 for the offence of illegal employment.
The employer of the three, a man aged 54, the Court imposed a 40-day prison sentence[/B], suspended for three years, and a fine of EUR 400 for the offence of illegal employment.
During an inspection by members of the Nicosia Police Directorate's YAM, yesterday at noon, at a company's premises in the Strovolos area, the two 27-year-olds and the 26-year-old were found to be working illegally in the premises, without a permit from the competent authority. One of them, aged 27, was found to be illegally staying in the Republic, since his temporary residence permit as a student expired in September, 2020. As it was also found from the subsequent examinations, their employer was the 54-year-old director of the company.
The cases were respectively investigated and registered for trial, by Avdimou Police Station and Nicosia Central Police Station.
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