Supreme Court allows search of safe deposit boxes

Safe deposit boxes held in banks can be searched when there is reasonable suspicion that evidence is hidden there, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, giving the police authority to obtain search warrants for this purpose.

The decision, according to the Law Office, was connected to large-scale cryptocurrency fraud investigations in Europe, during which suspects had requested the cancellation of search warrants for their deposit boxes in Cyprus.

The warrants had been issued...