Light after darkness 16/11/2017
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We have helped journalists regain access to the beneficial ownership register of the Malta Business Registry.
6️⃣ Malta's Attorney General #PeterGrech warned the police that seizing computer servers from Mossack Fonseca agent Nexia BT would be “highly intrusive”, & he advised the Accountancy Board to not act against the firm.
⚠️The result?
No sanctions.
No police action.
No prosecutions.
No convictions. ⚖️
4️⃣ Malta's PM Joseph Muscat told the public inquiry into #DaphneCaruanaGalizia’s assassination that he didn't fire his minister #KonradMizzi , and his Chief of Staff #KeithSchembri - even after the #PanamaPapers - because they were ‘doers’.
1️⃣ 10 years after @icij.org's #PanamaPapers, 🇲🇹 still has unfinished business: no convictions for high-level #corruption.
11.5M leaked files exposed a global system of secret companies and hidden wealth, & a #corruption & #moneylaundering scheme implicating top officials in #Malta.🔍
3️⃣ Konrad Mizzi’s and Keith Schembri’s asset-concealing structures were set up by #BrianTonna and #KarlCini of Nexia BT, Malta agents for the notorious #Panama law firm, #MossackFonseca. 📂
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia exposed Mizzi & Schembri. Malta's PM Joseph Muscat defended them.
7️⃣ First prosecutions in Malta post-PanamaPapers?
*NINE* years later.
Feb 2025: Mizzi, Schembri, Tonna, Cini & associates Yorgen Fenech, Paul Apap Bologna, Mario Pullicino & companies & offshore vehicles charged w/ corruption & money laundering ice Electrogas.
All plead not guilty. Cases ongoing.
2️⃣ Malta's Minister #KonradMizzi & PM #JosephMuscat’s Chief of Staff #KeithSchembri held secret #Panama companies & New Zealand trusts. They hid their company ownership behind nominee directors & thought they wouldn't be discovered.
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5️⃣ 🇲🇹 Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar didn't act on Daphne's revelations, before or after #PanamaPapers
Konrad Mizzi was minister.
Keith Schembri was chief of staff to the PM.
Both owned secret, offshore, asset-concealing structures.
🚨 Cutajar said there was no reasonable suspicion of crime.
