What the fk is going on in Cyprus lately?
by bsharpish » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:58 pm
From my own experience ----
As a whole I find Cypriots, generally and in my business area, to be extremely honest ( although a little slow at paying) and good partners to work with once you have developed mutual trust.
Paphian lawyers\developers\taxi drivers and NON Cypriot Greeks (Mainland, "Georgian" and Crete) and a few pikey brits on the other hand .................
As a whole I find Cypriots, generally and in my business area, to be extremely honest ( although a little slow at paying) and good partners to work with once you have developed mutual trust.
Paphian lawyers\developers\taxi drivers and NON Cypriot Greeks (Mainland, "Georgian" and Crete) and a few pikey brits on the other hand .................
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by Z4 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:00 pm
CBBB wrote:Z4 wrote:I would love to see a statistic outlining the crimes carried out by Cyps and foreigners over the last 12 months
....and hairdressers!
...............and childrens TV presenters!!!!!
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by CBBB » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:57 pm
Bank robbery foiled by angry crowd
By George Psyllides and Stefanos Evripidou
Published on September 23, 201
ANGERED members of the public yesterday foiled a bank robbery in Limassol, chasing and arresting the two robbers, one of whom was armed with a shotgun.
The two robbers, in dark clothes and helmets, arrived at the bank on Archbishop Makarios and Spyros Kyprianou Avenues on a large motorcycle just after 10am.
They left the engine running and made their way to the entrance of the Bank of Cyprus branch when a motorist stopped at the traffic lights noticed the shotgun protruding from under the clothes of one of the men.
The driver got out of the car and started shouting that a robbery was in progress, prompting the gunman to turn around and point his sawn-off shotgun at him without however firing a shot.
“I turned out of curiosity because they were wearing black clothes with helmets, and in their coats they had something popping out, and because I am also a hunter, I thought it must be a sawn-off shotgun,” said Georgios Demetriades.
Despite the alarm being raised, the brazen robbers still went into the bank – one holding the employees at gunpoint and the other rifling through the drawers, stashing around €10,400 in a black bag.
There were no customers in the bank at the time.
Meanwhile outside, a retired police officer who saw what was happening pushed the motorcycle to the ground, causing its engine to stop running.
The two robbers came rushing out the bank, and unsuccessfully tried to start the engine while a crowd of people moved in on them.
The thieves fled in opposite directions but were chased and caught not far from the branch by several members of the public.
“I ran after one, hit him and put him on the ground,” said Demetriade, the hunter.
The armed robber, described as a big man, was pinned on the ground by four people until several police officers of the ‘Z’ motorcycle squad arrived on the scene.
“Three four of us fell on top of him. From the few phrases he said I realised he was not Cypriot,” said Odysseas Georgis, another crime-stopping member of the public.
The two robbers, aged 24 and 26, and believed to be Pontian Greeks from Georgia, are expected to be brought before a court today.
According to state broadcaster CyBC, the 24-year-old has been wanted by police for a year after allegedly violating the terms of his bail. The man is facing charges in connection with a case involving 140 burglaries and thefts.
Following the arrests, Limassol police appeared confident they would help in resolving other similar cases.
Yesterday’s was the seventh bank robbery in Limassol this year, five of which were on Bank of Cyprus branches.
“The specific motorcycle … is the same one used in previous cases,” Limassol police director Andreas Koushioumis said.
He thanked the people for their assistance stressing that it has been proven that whenever there was cooperation between the police and the public, the results “were spectacular”.
The man who realised what was going on in the first place said it was about time these robberies and burglaries stopped.
“Yes I was scared, but I think this has to stop. We are all in danger. We have families, we have homes, we have children. We don’t know on whose door they’ll be knocking tomorrow,” said Demetriades.
But there are dangers in taking on armed robbers. In 2007, a 46-year-old father of two was shot and killed by a robber he had been chasing in Larnaca.
The number of bank robberies has increased exponentially in recent years with six robberies reported on cooperatives and commercial banks in 2008, 12 in 2009 and 13 so far this year.
Speaking after a closed session discussion of security measures taken by banks and Co-ops at the House Crime Committee yesterday, DIKO deputy Stelios Ieronomydes noted that €330,000 had been taken from banks this year alone. He added that the success rate of police investigations into these crimes “is low and hovers around 50 per cent or less”.
MPs spotted a series of weaknesses and problems, especially in the suitability of the buildings used.
“A serious matter raised today was whether there is any checking system or specification that need to be followed for a building that can be used as a bank,” said Committee Chairman, AKEL’s Yiannakis Thoma.
He said it was suggested to create a regulation that would require the building to be checked by the police to ensure it is secure enough, before it can be turned into a bank.
“This is a very interesting suggestion, as we have no checking mechanism today,” Thoma
added. “If necessary, we will make legal regulations, for certain measures to ensure more security.”
Thoma said the committee will impose a timeframe on banks to implement the necessary security measures that have already been discussed in past meetings.
The committee has also requested statistics on the number of bank robberies in the last 15 years, the police detection rate, the amount of money stolen each year, and comparative figures on robberies in other countries.
“The basic complaints of employees is that the commitments made by banking institutions- such as making branches more secure by installing security doors, and solving the question of large windows which robbers can easily shatter and enter- have not been implemented,” said Thoma.
However, almost all banks have installed cameras and alarms, he added.
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/bank-robbery ... d/20100923
Looks as though one of these blokes has been responsible for most of the crime in Cyprus!
By George Psyllides and Stefanos Evripidou
Published on September 23, 201
ANGERED members of the public yesterday foiled a bank robbery in Limassol, chasing and arresting the two robbers, one of whom was armed with a shotgun.
The two robbers, in dark clothes and helmets, arrived at the bank on Archbishop Makarios and Spyros Kyprianou Avenues on a large motorcycle just after 10am.
They left the engine running and made their way to the entrance of the Bank of Cyprus branch when a motorist stopped at the traffic lights noticed the shotgun protruding from under the clothes of one of the men.
The driver got out of the car and started shouting that a robbery was in progress, prompting the gunman to turn around and point his sawn-off shotgun at him without however firing a shot.
“I turned out of curiosity because they were wearing black clothes with helmets, and in their coats they had something popping out, and because I am also a hunter, I thought it must be a sawn-off shotgun,” said Georgios Demetriades.
Despite the alarm being raised, the brazen robbers still went into the bank – one holding the employees at gunpoint and the other rifling through the drawers, stashing around €10,400 in a black bag.
There were no customers in the bank at the time.
Meanwhile outside, a retired police officer who saw what was happening pushed the motorcycle to the ground, causing its engine to stop running.
The two robbers came rushing out the bank, and unsuccessfully tried to start the engine while a crowd of people moved in on them.
The thieves fled in opposite directions but were chased and caught not far from the branch by several members of the public.
“I ran after one, hit him and put him on the ground,” said Demetriade, the hunter.
The armed robber, described as a big man, was pinned on the ground by four people until several police officers of the ‘Z’ motorcycle squad arrived on the scene.
“Three four of us fell on top of him. From the few phrases he said I realised he was not Cypriot,” said Odysseas Georgis, another crime-stopping member of the public.
The two robbers, aged 24 and 26, and believed to be Pontian Greeks from Georgia, are expected to be brought before a court today.
According to state broadcaster CyBC, the 24-year-old has been wanted by police for a year after allegedly violating the terms of his bail. The man is facing charges in connection with a case involving 140 burglaries and thefts.
Following the arrests, Limassol police appeared confident they would help in resolving other similar cases.
Yesterday’s was the seventh bank robbery in Limassol this year, five of which were on Bank of Cyprus branches.
“The specific motorcycle … is the same one used in previous cases,” Limassol police director Andreas Koushioumis said.
He thanked the people for their assistance stressing that it has been proven that whenever there was cooperation between the police and the public, the results “were spectacular”.
The man who realised what was going on in the first place said it was about time these robberies and burglaries stopped.
“Yes I was scared, but I think this has to stop. We are all in danger. We have families, we have homes, we have children. We don’t know on whose door they’ll be knocking tomorrow,” said Demetriades.
But there are dangers in taking on armed robbers. In 2007, a 46-year-old father of two was shot and killed by a robber he had been chasing in Larnaca.
The number of bank robberies has increased exponentially in recent years with six robberies reported on cooperatives and commercial banks in 2008, 12 in 2009 and 13 so far this year.
Speaking after a closed session discussion of security measures taken by banks and Co-ops at the House Crime Committee yesterday, DIKO deputy Stelios Ieronomydes noted that €330,000 had been taken from banks this year alone. He added that the success rate of police investigations into these crimes “is low and hovers around 50 per cent or less”.
MPs spotted a series of weaknesses and problems, especially in the suitability of the buildings used.
“A serious matter raised today was whether there is any checking system or specification that need to be followed for a building that can be used as a bank,” said Committee Chairman, AKEL’s Yiannakis Thoma.
He said it was suggested to create a regulation that would require the building to be checked by the police to ensure it is secure enough, before it can be turned into a bank.
“This is a very interesting suggestion, as we have no checking mechanism today,” Thoma
added. “If necessary, we will make legal regulations, for certain measures to ensure more security.”
Thoma said the committee will impose a timeframe on banks to implement the necessary security measures that have already been discussed in past meetings.
The committee has also requested statistics on the number of bank robberies in the last 15 years, the police detection rate, the amount of money stolen each year, and comparative figures on robberies in other countries.
“The basic complaints of employees is that the commitments made by banking institutions- such as making branches more secure by installing security doors, and solving the question of large windows which robbers can easily shatter and enter- have not been implemented,” said Thoma.
However, almost all banks have installed cameras and alarms, he added.
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/bank-robbery ... d/20100923
Looks as though one of these blokes has been responsible for most of the crime in Cyprus!
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by Z4 » Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:59 pm
[quote="CBBBLooks as though one of these blokes has been responsible for most of the crime in Cyprus![/quote]
Hope so CBBB - they should prison him in Cape Town.
If anyone saw Ross Kemp Gangs in Cape Town they would know what I am on about
Hope so CBBB - they should prison him in Cape Town.
If anyone saw Ross Kemp Gangs in Cape Town they would know what I am on about
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by CyprusNewsReport » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:04 pm
bsharpish wrote:From my own experience ----
As a whole I find Cypriots, generally and in my business area, to be extremely honest ( although a little slow at paying) and good partners to work with once you have developed mutual trust.
Paphian lawyers\developers\taxi drivers and NON Cypriot Greeks (Mainland, "Georgian" and Crete) and a few pikey brits on the other hand .................
I don't think that criminal tendencies are based on nationality - every country has a prison, so every nation has criminals.
Although I suppose it's open to debate when you have the case of a country that has institutionalised crime, like Sicily. We also have our own little (dis)organised crime groups, but their crimes of choice are controlling prostitution and drugs, not robbing banks where their cousins have a good job.
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Re: What the fk is going on in Cyprus lately?
by pretty-as-pink » Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:50 am
Z4 wrote:What the hell is going on?
Bank jobs, bombs going off, arson, football violence, murders and house bugalries!
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HUH and you havent seen any of the corruptive shit yet either eh!!
Its full of so many surprises. you moved to cyprus yet, or has the sense kicked in
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