Former transport minister Marios Demetriades on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges he faces in relation to “suspicious” naturalisations of new Cypriot citizens under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment scheme, commonly known as the ‘golden passport’ scheme.
Demetriades was one of nine defendants – seven people and two legal entities – to plead not guilty to charges including bribery, extortion, conspiracy to defraud and money laundering.
The lawyer representing a tenth
