The high-profile trial into Cyprus’ controversial citizenship-by-investment programme resumed on Monday with testimony from two key witnesses before the permanent criminal court in Nicosia.
The case centres on allegations of abuse within the now-defunct scheme, exposed in 2020 by an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera. The defendants are former House speaker Demetris Syllouris and former MP Christakis Giovanis.
The first to take the stand was a police officer who served
