Court jails four over 200-strong trafficking ring spanning Cyprus divide

Limassol Criminal Court on Wednesday jailed four people for up to five years for running a sex trafficking and exploitation operation, in a case the court said was driven by an organised network of around 200 members operating in both government-controlled areas and the occupied north.

The four — two women aged 33 and 32, and two men aged 28 and 47 — pleaded guilty before sentencing. The heaviest sentence, five years, went to the two women for sexual exploitation of an adult. The 28-year-old...