Russia puts its arm around Cyprus

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Originally Posted by BossMark

Got a mate in who lives in Cyprus and he says that Russian Mafia have been there for a number of years.

Originally Posted by Skybird

The German BND has issued serious warning to the goivernment over Cyprus being undermined by Russin black money mafia hoping for EU bailouts to wash the money clean. To prevent this money laundery, the German government had put a foot on the brake over the issue of EU aid to Cyprus.

Yep, there was an article a few weeks ago about how much Russian mafia money was ploughed in to Cyprus and how it would alter the economy with laundering and wotnot.

@Oberon - nothing wrong with Keo or brandy sours for our boys, or the local equivalent of grappa (can't recall name - it's that good.) All of the above I blame for losing my wallet whilst transiting through to the Gulf. No money, no cards, no ID. Fortunately the kite went tits, as usual, so we had an extra 24 hrs and my mate found it down the back of her friends sofa. But I'd cancelled my cards