No action taken yet for insulting Chief Justice with ‘mafia’ slur in open court
Three months after Patrick Dalli, the husband of EU
The Shift Team
August 23, 2023 17:59
Italian court seizes €3 million in suspected mafia assets of Malta-linked company
An Italian court has ordered the seizure of around
Sean Montebello
May 20, 2023 17:26
Eurospin, set to open in Malta, investigated for mafia links in Italy
Italian low-cost supermarket chain Eurospin, which is set to
Sean Montebello
May 18, 2023 07:50
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
Operation La Vallette follow-up investigation yields 21 more arrests
Follow-up investigations just over a year on from Operation
The Shift Team
February 13, 2023 16:39
Italian police find ‘complex system trafficking vehicles stolen in Italy destined for Malta’
Italian police on Thursday morning dismantled a massive ‘Ndrangheta
The Shift Team
January 27, 2023 09:08
Italy’s highest court confirms sentences for Marsascala mafia extortion beating
Francesca Rispoli, the daughter of imprisoned ‘Ndrangheta mafia boss
The Shift Team
January 23, 2023 14:05
Malta, the Mafia’s paradise
The EU’s smallest member state, Malta, has become the
Kevin Cassar
January 2, 2023 08:21
Malta, the Mafia’s ‘El Dorado’: report finds billions laundered through Malta
A study commissioned and published by the European Parliament’s
David Lindsay
December 19, 2022 18:09
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
Investigation into mafia infiltration of Malta’s online gaming sector expands
Italian state prosecutors have concluded their preliminary investigations into
The Shift Team
November 9, 2022 07:30
Il-Mafja f’Malta: mid-droga sal-gaming, mill-farms saż-żraben, f’temp ta’ 6 xhur
This article is available in English L-investigaturi Taljani ta’
David Lindsay
October 3, 2022 07:20
Mafia in Malta: from drugs and gaming to farms and shoes in six months
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti Malta’s proximity to Italy,
David Lindsay
October 2, 2022 08:00
Albanian authorities did ‘absolutely nothing to probe supply of bomb that killed my mother’
Speaking to The Shift in a quiet cafe in
Alice Taylor
December 23, 2021 07:21
A country built on dirty money
For almost 20 years, Malta has built much of
Alice Taylor
September 16, 2021 07:39
Sleeping with the fishes
The publication of the conclusions of the public inquiry
Blanche Gatt
August 21, 2021 06:23
Gafa’s gaffes
Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa finally called a press conference.
Kevin Cassar
July 21, 2021 07:52
Juventus coach under investigation for suspicious transactions involving Maltese company
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is under investigation by Italian
Alice Taylor
June 8, 2021 10:32
With a straight face, Malta signs 87-point UN pledge to end impunity, protect journalists and prosecute corrupt politicians
The Maltese government has signed a United Nations declaration
Alice Taylor
June 4, 2021 14:45
Maltese company involved in €600m mafia tax evasion scam
A Maltese company was identified as being involved in
Alice Taylor
May 5, 2021 18:33
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
Italian Mafia bust implicates Malta in illegal gambling scandal… again
Malta has made headlines for all the wrong reasons
Alice Taylor
March 7, 2021 08:10
Court requests three-year prison sentence for mafia wife who attacked journalist
The public prosecutor of Bari’s Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia (DDA)
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 23, 2021 09:31
Largest mafia trial in decades begins in Italy, centred on group with past criminal links to Malta
A disused call centre in an industrial area of
January 15, 2021 10:35
Italian mafia hounds and maims journalist
Italian investigative journalist Maria Grazia Mazzola has been fighting
March 17, 2020 10:32
Maltese bank part of Mafia trail to hide millions from EU agricultural aid
A Maltese bank formed part of a “complex trail
Joanna Demarco
January 16, 2020 17:44
Blame the system, not just the crooks
With the spotlight on the rot surrounding Joseph Muscat,
Ranier Fsadni
December 8, 2019 07:02
‘McMafia’ author questions contract killing of Maltese journalist
The most extraordinary thing about Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
Nicola Driscoll-Davies
September 23, 2019 09:00
‘When a journalist dies, a whole chunk of democracy dies’ – Sandro Ruotolo
Renowned Italian journalist Sandro Ruotolo has condemned the Maltese
The Shift Team
September 16, 2019 13:48

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