Fitris demands police be given new powers to ‘tackle organised crime’

New powers to tackle organised crime and bolster policing reforms were at the forefront of Justice Minister Costas Fitiris’ agenda presented to MPs on Wednesday.

Addressing the House legal affairs committee, Fitiris said the government’s immediate priority was the introduction of stronger tools to combat organised crime, including the revival of a surveillance bill that has remained stalled since the previous parliamentary term....