Commercial properties and holiday homes linked to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were built despite lacking the proper permits, the audit office said in a report published on Tuesday.
One case flagged related to developments in the Famagusta district – specifically in Sotira municipality and located inside or abutting an area designated as Natura 2000, a protected nature area.
Here, the auditor-general found “violations of essential terms of the zoning permit
