Former Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades and a number of senior officials may have committed corruption-related offences, including abuse of power and trading in influence, according to a long-awaited report published by the country’s Independent Authority Against Corruption on Tuesday.
Anastasiades himself is linked to seven potential offences including three alleged cases of influence peddling, one alleged case of abuse of power classified as a felony and three alleged cases involving abuse of power or attempted criminal conduct.
Other people implicated in potential offences include Stathis Lemis and Fanos Filippou, partners at Anastasiades’ law firm; the Nicos Anastasiades & Partners as a legal entity; Rikkos Erotokritou, former Assistant Attorney-General; Haris Solomonides, former Nicosia District Court president; Andreas Neocleous & Co law firm; Panayiotis Neocleous, law firm partner; Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev; Andreas Hadjikyriakos, an intermediary; former Laiki Bank CEO Efthymios Bouloutas; former minister Nicos Kouyialis; former MP Giorgos Varnava; Eva Rissidou Papakyriakou, former head of the unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS); and Ioannis Sotiriadis, senior police officer.
