FILE PHOTO: Cyprus' Finance Minister Harris Georgiades addresses an audience during the Annual Meeting and Business Forum of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) in Nicosia, Cyprus May 11,2017. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's finance minister acknowledged on Tuesday that some mistakes were made in offering citizenship for investment after disclosures about beneficiaries triggered uproar on the Mediterranean island.
A Reuters investigation published in October revealed that wealthy relatives and allies of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen have been buying foreign citizenship, with eight members of his inner circle receiving Cypriot passports.
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