Drug unit chief calls for phone surveillance law to tackle trafficking networks

The commander of Cyprus’s Anti-Drugs Unit (YKAN) has called for the urgent passage of phone surveillance legislation, saying Cyprus may be the only country in Europe without this power and that its absence was forcing investigators to arrest couriers rather than the leaders of drug trafficking networks.

YKAN commander Christos Andreou told Phileleftheros that surveillance of telecommunications data belonging to individuals involved in organised crime could make a decisive contribution to the...