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Article: Paradise lost; Crime.(Northern Cyprus as a haven for British criminals)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- August 3, 2002
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Ill-gotten gain
Northern Cyprus's reputation as a crime haven may be coming to an end
THE biggest boat in Kyrenia's beautiful harbour is the Louis Marie (see picture), a traditionally built wooden schooner. Its owner, John Doherty, a property-developer, now dabbles in importing cigarettes. He and his Belgian girlfriend spend much of their time aboard their $500,000 craft--when, that is, they are not drinking at the Pine Bay Club three miles down the coast, where he is a local celebrity.
It sounds a good life, but Mr Doherty, who comes from Fife, has to be careful where he sails, because the police want him. In 1996 he was sentenced at the Inner ...