[InTime News]
Greek officials will travel to Cyprus this week to help establish a new central agency to tackle organized crime.
Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, Hellenic Police Chief Dimitris Mallios and Fotis Ntuitsis, head of Greece’s Combating Organized Crime unit, often called the “Greek FBI,” will visit Thursday at the invitation of the Cypriot government. The new Cypriot agency will be modeled on Greece’s unit.
The Greek delegation is scheduled to meet Cypriot Justice and Public Order Minister Marios Hartsiotis and senior police officials. Discussions are expected to focus on operational cooperation and intelligence sharing on organized crime, including the murder of Cypriot businessman Marios Demosthenous and arrests in Greece linked to expatriate groups from the former Soviet Union.
The visit follows a trip by the Cypriot Police chief to Greece in early October to discuss cross-border organized crime issues.