In today’s episode, organised crime in Cyprus is now often imported from abroad, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said.

Meanwhile, Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne, who will serve as the UN’s new special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) has arrived in Cyprus to formally assume his duties, the UN said.

Elsewhere, United States President Donald Trump has nominated John Breslow of the state of Arizona to be the country’s new ambassador in Nicosia.

All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.