Cyprus calls allegations of arrest warrants against Moroccan security officials 'totally groundless'

Cypriot Foreign Ministry spokesperson says there is no penal case and no arrest warrant that has been issued against any individual that the Algerian news agency claimed, calling it fake news.
Friday 19/01/2024
Cyprus foreign ministry

NOCOSIA - Allegations published by some media and an official news agency in a neighbouring country of arrest warrants against Moroccan security officials are "totally groundless", Cypriot Foreign Ministry spokesperson Theodoros Gotsis said on Friday.

“The competent authorities of Cyprus, meaning both the legal service and the police, confirm that these claims are totally groundless,” Gotsis told MAP.

“It is fake news, there is no penal case and no arrest warrant that has been issued against any individual that the said media claim to,” he added.

In a news article entitled "Senior Moroccan security officials are the subject of an international arrest warrant", published on January 16, 2024, APS relied on false information disseminated by a Moroccan national who had been convicted by the Italian courts of fraudulent offenses.