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Formerly seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, Cyprus is now increasingly becoming embroiled in a rising tide of financial scandals and criminal controversies.

A jury found an Arizona man guilty on Wednesday of the armed robbery of an exotic dancer, who was murdered three years later in a scheme that officials claim he executed alongside two other individuals.

The suspect in a notorious double murder in North Carolina has been arrested nearly two decades later, approximately 3,000 miles from where the killings occurred, authorities reported.

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol became one of the most notorious criminal stories of recent years. To some, he was an influential businessman and a mediator between the authorities and businesses. To others, he was the head of a mafia clan that had ruled the island from the shadows for decades.

A man from Connecticut was arrested for the decades-old rape and murder of a woman from Virginia after forensic evidence provided new leads in the cold case, police said on Wednesday.

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol became one of the most notorious criminal stories of recent years. For some, he was an influential businessman and a mediator between the authorities and businesses. For others, he was the head of a mafia clan that had ruled the island from the shadows for decades.

An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by dousing him with gasoline and igniting it was executed on Wednesday. This was the first of three executions scheduled in the U.S. for this week.

One of Russia’s most notorious criminal figures, Semyon Mogilevich — wanted by American authorities with a potential 360-year prison sentence — has unexpectedly found a rival.

A Pakistani court sentenced a man to death on Tuesday for the murder of a teenage influencer last year, after she had repeatedly rejected his advances.

A man armed with a rifle carried out a series of attacks in a city in southern Turkey on Monday, resulting in the deaths of at least six people and injuring eight others, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reported.

A New York judge decided that a gun and notebook, which prosecutors claim connect Luigi Mangione to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, can be used during his state trial, although other items will be excluded.

A former mayor associated with presidential candidate Abelardo de La Espriella was shot and killed in Colombia’s heartland, local authorities reported on Saturday. One of his aides was also killed.

A man, whom experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys claimed was intellectually disabled, became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982. He was put to death Thursday evening for the murder of a 77-year-old retired college professor.

Mackenzie Shirilla earned the nickname “Hell on Wheels” for a tragic 2022 crash in Ohio where she drove into a brick building at 100 mph, resulting in the deaths of her boyfriend and his friend.

A man sought in connection with the murder of a transgender University of Washington student turned himself in to police, providing "some sense of relief" to the Seattle campus, officials said Thursday.

A fugitive from Detroit who was recently arrested for murdering his punk rock singer roommate in 1993 has been referred to in news reports as a "ghost" due to his ability to evade authorities for over 30 years.

Oklahoma carried out the execution of a death row inmate by lethal injection on Thursday morning. The inmate had been found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her baby nearly two decades ago.

A suspect charged with murdering his rock singer friend in 1993 has been captured in Central America after evading authorities successfully for over 30 years.

The duumvirate fell apart in October following the murder of mafia boss Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol, and in November, his associate Dmitriy Punin also faced adversity—his car fleet was set on fire. Could this suggest that he is the next target?

Seattle police are searching for a suspect linked to the Sunday evening murder of a University of Washington student, discovered inside a school-affiliated apartment building, officials reported.

He had too much confidence in himself. He got involved in assets where the major players from Lubyanka had no intention of dealing with him.

Authorities in California executed a search warrant on Wednesday related to the murder of Kristin Smart, the college student who went missing 30 years ago and has never been located.

Police announced Wednesday that an 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting that resulted in the death of one woman and left 22 other people injured during a nighttime party by an Oklahoma lake last weekend.

On the morning of October 17, 2025, Cyprus was startled by the news of the murder of one of the local mafia leaders, Stavros Demosthenous, in Limassol. He was shot near his home in the Agios Athanasios area.