LONDON — A tycoon who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his business empire is returning to London to face charges of fraud, officials said Thursday.

LARNACA, Cyprus — The parade of foreigners who trod on Cypriot shores is long and ancient. Kings, sages, crusaders, merchants, tourists. Hittites, Assyrians, Romans, Venetians, Britons, Turks. They came in war and peace. One group, the spies, came in secrecy.

Cyprus justice minister says police searching Russian spy suspect’s confiscated laptop

Suspected paymaster of Russian spy ring, now a fugitive, resembled a budget tourist in Cyprus

Cyprus president says island’s authorities not at fault for vanishing of Russian spy suspect

3 Va. spy suspects to remain jailed after waiving detention hearing

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The three Virginia suspects in an alleged Russian spy ring will remain in jail after waiving their right to a detention hearing.

Prosecutors: 2 more Russian spy suspects acknowledge fake names; say they kept thousands

3 await hearings in Russia spy case as Cyprus says alleged money man may have fled island

Cyprus justice minister says he believes alleged Russian spy has fled island

US embassy denies reports it is holding alleged Russian spy fugitive who jumped bail in Cyprus

Prosecutors: NY suspect spilled Russia spy operation details but won’t reveal his true name

US prosecutor: Russian government officials ready to aid spy ring if they wish to flee

Prosecutor: Russian spy ring defendants have plenty of people in US who would help them flee

Prosecutors say suspect in spy ring admitted working for Russian intelligence service

The fugitive: Alleged Russian spy paymaster jumps bail and disappears in Cyprus

Lawyer for Mass. man accused in Russia spy case calls evidence against client ‘extremely thin’

Disappointed Justice officials feared Russian spy suspect would flee Cyprus if given chance

Bail hearings in NY, Mass., Va. await 9 accused in Russian spy case; search on in Cyprus

Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster who jumped bail and disappeared

Cyprus police step up search for vanished suspect in Russian spy ring

Suspect in Russian spy ring vanishes in Cyprus after being released on bail

Cypriot police say they are search for alleged Russian spy who vanished after release on bail

Arrests in secrent-agent ring rise to 11 as Russia criticizes ‘Cold War-era spy stories’

Russian secret agents infiltrated US society for inside policymaking info, prosecutors say

Cyprus police arrest alleged Russian spy trying to catch flight to Hungary

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Turkish court charges driver with murder of Roman Catholic bishop

Roman Catholic bishop’s driver charged with murder

Roman Catholic bishop stabbed to death in southern Turkey, a day before pope meeting

Roman Catholic bishop stabbed to death in Turkey

Suspect arrested in Cypriot Archbishops’ tomb vandalism; follows body snatching of ex-leader

Suspect nabbed in Cyprus Archbishops’ tomb attack

Grave robbers steal remains of Cypriot Archbishops, follows body snatching of former president

Grave robbers steal Cyprus Archbishops’ remains

Recovered body of Cyprus’ former president reburied 3 months after its theft

Cyprus ex-leader’s stolen body is reburied

Cyprus court orders 2 men held over theft of former president’s corpse

2 men held for theft of Cyprus ex-leader’s corpse

Body of Cyprus’ ex-leader found; justice minister insists financial motives behind theft

Missing body of Cyprus’ ex-leader found, 3 arrests

Cyprus police arrest 3 men for theft of ex-president Papadopoulos’ body

3 arrested for theft of Cyprus ex-leader’s body

Family denies ransom demand behind the theft of corpse of Cyprus’ ex-leader

Missing body of Cyprus’ ex-leader is found

Justice minister: Ransom demand behind the theft of former Cyprus president’s body

Ransom behind theft of Cyprus’ ex-president corpse

Cyprus police confirm body found in cemetery is stolen corpse of ex-leader

Cyprus police confirm body is ex-leader’s corpse

Cyprus police say body found in cemetery could be stolen corpse of former president

Cyprus police say found corpse could be ex-leader

Cyprus police charge TV host, 2 men with murder of island’s top publisher

Cyprus: 3 suspects charged in publisher’s murder

Cyprus police prevent multi-million deal to sell 4,000 year-old antiquities

Cyprus police bust large antiquities theft ring

Cyprus police arrest 3 suspects in murder of island’s most powerful publisher

Cyprus police arrest 3 over publisher’s murder

Cyprus police say political motives in powerful publisher’s murder unlikely

Cyprus police: publisher’s murder not political

Assassination of Cyprus’ most powerful publisher stirs fears of instability on divided island

Cyprus assassination stirs fears of instability

Publisher’s slaying stuns Cyprus, island’s president visits family’s home

Publisher’s killing stuns Cyprus

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Political leaders on Cyprus expressed shock Tuesday at the slaying of the island’s most powerful publisher by a gunman who fled with an accomplice on a motorcycle.

Cyprus president condemns murder of island’s main publisher

Cyprus president visits home of murdered publisher