‘Malta’s Passeur’: second Guinean arrested in Malta-Italy trafficking ring
The Italian Guardia di Finanza has arrested a second
The Shift Team
June 16, 2023 15:33
Malta company supplied encrypted phones to Italian mafia
A Malta-based company has been selling encrypted phones and
Sean Montebello
May 13, 2023 18:00
Organised crime increasingly ‘migrating’ to Malta, say Italy’s mafia investigators
Italian organised crime has been increasingly “migrating” to Malta
The Shift Team
April 14, 2023 18:11
International investigations shedding light on Malta’s dirty money flows
The report of a former general counsel of Venezuela’s
The Shift Team
April 4, 2023 12:31
One Maltese named in bizarre Italian Antarctic money laundering scam
In what was possibly one of the most ludicrous
The Shift Team
February 16, 2023 12:52
‘Malta’s Passeur’: Malta-Italy human trafficking ringleader arrested in France
A Guinean leader of a human trafficking ring that
The Shift Team
December 3, 2022 16:54
Mafia boss’ daughter gets four years for Malta extortion beating, husband gets 10
Francesca Rispoli, the daughter of imprisoned ‘Ndrangheta mafia boss
The Shift Team
December 1, 2022 15:03
A €49 million misfire: AFM’s P71 vessel two years late, €13.9 million over budget
An offshore patrol vessel commissioned by the Armed Forces
Julian Delia
August 3, 2022 06:32
EU Commission raps Malta for failing to transpose EU renewable energy rules
Malta, along with Slovenia and Italy, has received a
The Shift Team
July 19, 2022 13:32
Malta taken to European Court of Justice over failure to provide data link services to aircraft operators
Malta, along with Slovakia and Greece, has been referred
Julian Delia
July 18, 2022 18:02
Malta’s ‘enormous potential’ exploited by Italian organised crime – report
Multiple investigations by Italian law enforcement agencies have found
The Shift Team
June 29, 2022 10:33
BOV’s Deiulemar Trust fiasco
Guest commentary from financial services practitioner Paul Bonello Now
May 6, 2022 17:23
Malta-Sicily fast ferry rivals still waiting for Italian port permits despite ticket sales
The much-anticipated start of Virtu Ferries’ and Ponte Ferries’
The Shift Team
July 13, 2021 19:56
Malta involved in Italian fuel tax fraud investigation worth €1 billion
Dozens of people have been arrested and almost €600
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 14, 2021 12:30
Italy: Journalists’ phones wiretapped by prosecutors
A number of Italian journalists had their phones wiretapped
April 7, 2021 09:41
Surge in racist and hate speech online following government decisions
Online hate has surfaced repeatedly over the past few
The Shift Team
April 27, 2020 13:35
MFSA intervenes to block Gordon Debono’s second court-laundering scam
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has stepped in
The Shift Team
February 10, 2020 17:30
Lawyers get €60,000 each in case that led to Gordon Debono moving €1 million
Maltese lawyer Robert Montalto and Cypriot lawyer Ionnis Moditis
The Shift Team
November 17, 2019 16:01
Malta-based gaming firm accused of failing to declare €4 billion taxable income
Updated to include SKS365’s response. Italian police have accused
Alice Taylor
August 24, 2019 12:10
‘Sex and cheap labour’ most widespread reasons for human trafficking in EU
Sex trafficking is by far the most widespread form
Alice Taylor
July 18, 2019 14:16
‘Someone who saves lives is not a criminal’
A number of online petitions have been launched to
The Shift Team
July 2, 2019 13:31
Can independent media survive where the rule of law is under threat?
A free and impartial media is the fourth pillar
Alice Taylor
June 25, 2019 17:03
‘No adequate protective measures for Daphne Caruana Galizia’ – report
“The Mafia is a systematic threat to press freedom,”
The Shift Team
May 16, 2019 06:01
Still stranded at sea after 7 days despite European cities opening their ports
“In Libya, militias forced me to work 12 hours
The Shift Team
January 26, 2019 15:50
Tackling the migration challenge in the central Mediterranean
This is a guest post by Martin Cauchi Inglott
Martin Cauchi Inglott
January 11, 2019 12:01
Look him in the eye
Ever stumble across a dead body? It happened to
Ryan Murdock
January 10, 2019 09:47
Eight European countries agree to take the 49 migrants at sea
The 49 migrants who have been stranded at sea
The Shift Team
January 9, 2019 11:59
Report maps presence of Italian mafia in foreign countries, Malta tops list
Malta is the country with the highest number of
The Shift Team
December 28, 2018 14:38
Further arrests in anti-mafia probe involving Malta-based gaming firms
Two men who lead ‘Ndrangheta clans linked to Malta-based gaming firms
December 21, 2018 15:17
Aquarius forced to end operations as Europe condemns people to drown
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée announced this
December 8, 2018 11:32

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