Bulgaria’s cash for passports scheme under EU scrutiny
After Bulgaria pledged to end its ‘golden passport’ scheme
Alice Taylor
December 27, 2021 14:33
FIAU suffers setback as court annuls judgement
The FIAU (Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit) yesterday suffered a
The Shift Team
December 2, 2021 16:49
Consulting fees or deferred bribes?
The police say they are investigating Joseph Muscat for
Ryan Murdock
November 12, 2021 07:24
‘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
Still no denial from government on ‘shocking’ revelation of Steward claims Vitals deal was ‘fraudulent and corrupt’ – PN
Updated to include PN MP Adrian Delia’s speech in
October 27, 2021 13:26
Konrad’s day of reckoning
Disgraced former minister Konrad Mizzi, one of the evil
Blanche Gatt
October 5, 2021 07:47
Pandora Papers: Revelations should be ‘wake up call’ in global battle against tax evasion, MEP says
The largest-ever leak of offshore data, the Pandora Papers
Elizabeth De Gaetano
October 4, 2021 17:00
Mega structures built around Shoreline project at Smart City raise concerns
A collection of large structures, including roofed metal sheds,
The Shift Team
September 20, 2021 08:25
The Schembri clan: proving the proverb
Josette Schembri Vella, wife of alleged fraudster and money
Blanche Gatt
September 18, 2021 16:26
Still sinking with no end in sight
Finance Ministry permanent secretary Alfred Camilleri claimed Malta would
Ryan Murdock
September 17, 2021 07:40
A country built on dirty money
For almost 20 years, Malta has built much of
Alice Taylor
September 16, 2021 07:39
MFSA offers secret deals on non-compliance offences to select companies, individuals
Since 2014, the Malta Financial Services Authority has been
The Shift Team
September 15, 2021 14:17
Malta ranked worst in the EU for money-laundering risk: Basel AML Index 2021
Malta is the riskiest jurisdiction in the European Union
Blanche Gatt
September 15, 2021 12:40
Malta enabled a money laundering machine
The failings of due diligence in every possible sphere
Ryan Murdock
September 3, 2021 08:01
Pilatus Bank: too little, too late
The FIAU has fined shuttered money-launderette Pilatus Bank €4.9
Blanche Gatt
September 2, 2021 08:09
A strategy for space: more hot air from Owen Bonnici
Malta is certainly in the gutter now, but Research
Blanche Gatt
August 14, 2021 07:34
Cash-for-passports watchdog eight months late on annual report
The government-appointed cash-for-passports watchdog has missed the publication deadline
The Shift Team
July 31, 2021 10:04
Murderers in government: Labour’s poisonous legacy
The Maltese state is responsible for the assassination of
Blanche Gatt
July 29, 2021 13:46
Steward freezes St Luke’s master plan as PM fails to deliver on pledge to amend tainted deal
Steward Healthcare, the American healthcare giant that took over
The Shift Team
July 28, 2021 10:15
UK-sanctioned Colombian drug trafficker operates Maltese company under fake name
Updated to include Right of Reply. A Colombian national
Alice Taylor
July 24, 2021 08:15
UK redlisting: ‘dangerous’ for the economy, ‘weak’ PM must take action
Malta has been slammed with the UK’s red-listing and
Blanche Gatt
July 23, 2021 14:08
Delusional vows won’t get us off grey list any faster
PN leader Bernard Grech pledged yesterday he would get
Blanche Gatt
July 22, 2021 10:33
Gafa’s gaffes
Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa finally called a press conference.
Kevin Cassar
July 21, 2021 07:52
Delay, disrupt, distract: the oil scandal case stumbles on PL’s favourite tactics
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti last week issued a blistering
Blanche Gatt
July 20, 2021 07:30
UK case shows need for investigation into ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’ payments to 17 Black
New information suggests that payments transferred to 17 Black’s
July 6, 2021 08:34
Member of Azerbaijani ruling family linked to billion-euro money laundering scheme
Two members of Azerbaijan’s ruling Aliyev family have been
Alice Taylor
June 30, 2021 11:09
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
Yet another perambulating farce
Assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s description of Manuel Mallia
Blanche Gatt
June 25, 2021 23:24
Malta chose this path in 2017
We knew the writing was on the wall when
Ryan Murdock
June 25, 2021 08:09
The worst has happened
Eight years of government-sanctioned and protected rampant corruption, criminality,
Blanche Gatt
June 23, 2021 18:12

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