Two gunshots outside a busy fast-food restaurant in central Larnaca on a Saturday afternoon cracked open what had been an open secret: the city was in the grip of a brutal war between two criminal gangs fighting for control of a protection racket. The shooting on Grigoris Afxentiou Avenue — steps from the Police Directorate … Continue reading Two rival gangs, ten on trial and torture videos: inside Larnaca’s organised crime crackdown