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Cyprus so far strips 222 people of ‘golden passports’

The government of Cyprus has stripped 222 wealthy investors and their family members of citizenship, an official said Wednesday, part of efforts to mend a reputation sullied by an investment-for-passports program that an inquiry found had unlawfully granted citizenships in hundreds of instances.

Registry offices not to demand fee hike: Minister

Those whose passport appointments were delayed until the new year due to the intensity despite paying the fee last December will be exempt from the hikes made on Jan. 1, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced.

The move came after many citizens filed complaints via the Presidential Communications Center (CİMER).

Trader of Fake Passports in Turkey also offers Bulgarian ones

The British newspaper Guardian has published an exclusive article on its investigation into a thriving online industry specializing in the issuance of fake passports offered to people linked to Islamic State, allowing them to leave Syria and travel to Britain, the EU and the United States.

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