MFSA CEO resisting calls to take legal action against Joseph Cuschieri
The CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)
The Shift Team
October 5, 2024 11:34
FIAU’s €100,000 media spend largely coincides with Malta’s greylisting
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, the government’s anti-money laundering
Sean Montebello
December 7, 2023 18:07
Opinion: An unsafe, threatening place
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti On 7 July 2017, Minister
Kevin Cassar
October 9, 2023 11:29
FIAU fines unconstitutional, court rules for fifth time
The constitutional jurisdiction of the civil court has ruled
Sean Montebello
September 28, 2023 17:54
New FIAU boss tight-lipped on never-ending Operation Green and Pilatus
The new government-nominated Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit Chairman Kenneth
The Shift Team
July 4, 2023 18:42
Finance minister in legal gaffe over nomination of new FIAU chair
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana thought it would have been
The Shift Team
June 20, 2023 17:41
New MFSA CEO also goes back to the FIAU, as chairman
The government has made the somewhat unorthodox move of
The Shift Team
June 16, 2023 13:01
New MFSA boss placed on an indefinite €175,000-a-year package
The Malta Financial Services Authority CEO Kenneth Farrugia, who
The Shift Team
June 1, 2023 17:58
Second landmark case finds FIAU fines unconstitutional, violate human rights
The constitutional jurisdiction of the civil court ruled against
Sean Montebello
May 24, 2023 17:19
Landmark judgement rules FIAU anti-money laundering fines unconstitutional
In a landmark judgement that is expected to catalyse
The Shift Team
March 30, 2023 14:52
‘No longer fit and proper’: Zenith directors barred from financial services
Matthew Pace and Lorraine Falzon of Zenith Finance infamy
The Shift Team
November 18, 2022 16:35
Scicluna’s shameless secrecy
“It was my prerogative, and I don’t need to
Kevin Cassar
September 19, 2022 07:25
Mill-2013 ‘l hawn, il-kumpanniji taċ-Chairman tal-BOV daħħlu €1.4 miljun minn kuntratti ta’ konsulenza mal-gvern
You can read the article in English here. Mill-2013
Julian Delia
August 18, 2022 13:07
BOV chairman’s companies raked in €1.4 million in government consultancy contracts since 2013
Tista’ taqra l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. The companies partially owned
Julian Delia
August 17, 2022 13:14
Concerns on ‘impunity afforded’ to Muscat, Schembri, Mizzi – LIBE Committee report
Updated to include debate at the European Parliament MEPs
Joanna Demarco
July 13, 2022 12:05
Grey list woes – FATF assessors won’t only be looking at bank transfers and box ticking
Are you one of the many Maltese people finding
Blanche Gatt
April 7, 2022 07:47
First impressions: the governing party’s raft of electoral promises
In another instalment of The Shift’s 2022 elections series,
Julian Delia
March 12, 2022 18:27
PA, Wasteserv fail to explain appointment of blacklisted company’s sales director to their boards
More than a week after questions were sent regarding
Julian Delia
March 12, 2022 13:18
Planning board member doubles as director of sales for Exante
A member of the Planning Authority’s (PA) planning board
Julian Delia
March 3, 2022 12:14
Joseph Muscat’s legacy of failure
As disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat pulls strings
Julian Delia
March 2, 2022 16:02
Web of companies linked to Exante still operating through Malta in spite of Russia’s blacklisting
An investigation by The Shift has confirmed that a
Julian Delia
February 28, 2022 12:14
FIAU slaps gambling operator with €387,000 fine, 14 regulations breached
Remote gaming operator Online Amusement Solution Ltd was slapped
Julian Delia
January 17, 2022 09:10
FIAU suffers setback as court annuls judgement
The FIAU (Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit) yesterday suffered a
The Shift Team
December 2, 2021 16:49
Underwhelming Asset Recovery Bureau has seized just €18,000 since 2020
The Asset Recovery Bureau (ARB), initially set up in
Julian Delia
December 1, 2021 14:57
PN files judicial protest against government over ‘fraudulent and corrupt’ Steward Healthcare deal
The Nationalist Party announced in a press conference held
Julian Delia
November 6, 2021 12:18
‘Grey-listing has made Malta impossible. We are leaving’ – founder of international fintech company
An international payments company, set up in Malta in
The Shift Team
November 1, 2021 11:02
Pilatus Bank: too little, too late
The FIAU has fined shuttered money-launderette Pilatus Bank €4.9
Blanche Gatt
September 2, 2021 08:09
Expanded list of Maltese PEPs extends scrutiny to much larger pool of connections
The conduct of the personal financial affairs of many
The Shift Team
July 19, 2021 15:22
FIAU tells financial services industry not to impose stringent grey list measures on locals
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) says financial services
Blanche Gatt
June 26, 2021 09:31
The lonely pariah
There are moments still, that one has to shake
Blanche Gatt
June 22, 2021 17:47

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