Cyprus: An Island Crawling With Spies
May 24, 1999 - 0:0
NICOSIA Spy mania is back in the news big time in Cyprus this week, with a local newspaper publishing the names of alleged British MI6 agents based here, and a Maronite Christian getting a six year jail sentence for spying for the Turkish army. George Josephides, a Maronite from the Turkish-occupied area of Cyprus was jailed for six years Friday for spying against the Nicosia government on behalf of Turkey. He was arrested while trying to cross into the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus at the official Nicosia checkpoint with a number of classified documents in his possession detailing the whereabouts of Cyprus national guard camps and radio transmitters.