Cyprus's parliament opened an inquiry on Wednesday into the development of spyware on the island, after a draft European Parliament committee investigation report said it was an important export hub for the surveillance industry.
Sophie in't Veld, the rapporteur of the first draft report for a European Parliament committee called PEGA, said on Tuesday that Cyprus was an "attractive place" for selling surveillance technologies, adding that the "abuse of spyware in EU member states is a grave threat to democracy on the entire continent".
