Freedom House: government use of spyware creates human rights crisis
Governments’ use of spyware technology is increasing, giving them
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
1 month ago
With passport sales, we undermine our sovereignty
Many readers of The Shift will already be sympathetic
Ranier Fsadni
1 month ago
More journalists file legal complaints after being targeted by Pegasus surveillance software
The list of legal challenges against NSO Group continues
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
7 August 2021
PN agrees with passport scheme, subject to an ‘open and transparent’ process
The findings that emerged from a joint media investigation
Caroline Muscat
27 April 2021
An unsavoury business
Selling citizenship was always an unsavoury business, but surely
Ryan Murdock
23 April 2021
Passport Papers: Henley and Partners’ leaked documents show most applicants are from countries where dual citizenship is not permitted
Most applicants for Malta’s cash-for-passports programme who applied for
The Shift Team
22 April 2021
‘Transparently yours, Joseph’
For a man who campaigned on a promise of
Ryan Murdock
28 August 2020
IMF warns Malta must address anti-money laundering deficiencies in light of economic risk
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Malta to
Joanna Demarco
12 April 2020
Company marketing COVID-19 spyware linked to Maltese citizen arrested in US
An Israeli cyber-security company whose owner bought a Maltese
Joanna Demarco
4 April 2020
Report slams ‘weak’ response by Identity Malta on shady passport clients
Malta’s lack of enforcement in the highly-controversial Individual Investor
Joanna Demarco
27 March 2020
Defamation law abuse remains a problem for journalists – Harlem Désir
Defamation law abuse and severe online harassment are two
Joanna Demarco
31 January 2020
Flat needed for Maltese passport client…who ‘will never live there’
An estate agent was seeking a one-bedroom apartment to
The Shift Team
22 January 2020
Dutch MPs file joint PQs on Malta’s golden passport scheme
Four Dutch MPs joined forces and took their Prime
Juan Ameen
31 December 2019
Qatari royal family members gained Maltese citizenship in 2018
Five family members of the extensive Qatari royal Al
The Shift Team
28 December 2019
2019 in numbers
Joanna Demarco
27 December 2019
Cash-for-passport schemes raise issues of ‘conflict and cooperation’
An economic study into citizenship-for-sale schemes within the European
Juan Ameen
4 November 2019
WhatsApp sues Israeli spy company linked to Maltese citizen
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group,
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
30 October 2019
Casa calls for end to cash-for-passports following fifth arrest of Maltese citizen
David Casa, Quaestor and Maltese Member of European Parliament,
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
25 October 2019
Identity Malta and Hitchens’ Razor
The late Christopher Hitchens, scourge of humbuggery, once formulated
Ranier Fsadni
20 October 2019
Fifth Malta cash-for-passports client charged with financial crime this year
Another new Maltese citizen has been charged with criminal
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
18 October 2019
Mapping Media Freedom registers threat against French journalist in Malta
The threat made against a French journalist filming the
The Shift Team
30 September 2019
It’s my turn to eat
If you watched it, you’ll remember how you felt
Ranier Fsadni
29 September 2019
‘Someone connected to the Maltese government bears responsibility for her death’
Matthew Caruana Galizia described the scene of his mother’s
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
28 September 2019
‘Malta is a Trojan Horse for dodgy money’
The EU’s problem with “dirty money” linked to the
Nicola Driscoll-Davies
24 September 2019
‘Rigorous system in place’, Identity Malta says despite arrests
Another new Maltese citizen is facing criminal charges, but
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
17 September 2019
Minister under investigation for money laundering says ‘it happens everywhere’
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has dismissed Malta’s money laundering
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
30 August 2019
Identity Malta says Mustafa Abdel Wadood’s citizenship will be revoked
Identity Malta has confirmed that the process for the
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
9 August 2019
No answers on what Malta is doing with Mustafa Abdel Wadood 
Identity Malta and the Maltese embassy in the US
The Shift Team
8 August 2019
Maltese citizen pleads guilty to fraud involving millions in US court
Maltese citizen Mustafa Abdel Wadood, 49, has pleaded guilty
The Shift Team
6 August 2019
Muscat protected his friends, not the national interest
While the Maltese government kept insisting that the Council
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
1 July 2019