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PN spokesperson for Home Affairs and criminal lawyer Joe Giglio is in favour of Labour’s asset freeze reforms

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Mark Camilleri
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The Nationalist Party’s parliamentary group held a meeting last Wednesday to discuss Labour’s proposed reforms on asset freezes, which are aimed at helping Joseph Muscat prevent his assets from being frozen. Joe Giglio, PN’s spokesperson for home affairs, is strongly supporting this bill, and his position led to a heated exchange within the group. Joe Giglio apart from being the lawyer for Pilatus Bank was, bizarrely, also the best man for Prime Minister Robert Abela’s wedding.

There seems to be a lot of support from criminal lawyers over Labour’s proposed reforms, and this is understandable given that many of them are paid for their services with illicit proceeds. The reforms apart from helping organised crime and going against well-established legal standards, may also jeapordise once again Malta’s status with the FATF.

I have also tried contacting Joe Giglio himself but he was unavailable and will keep trying over the weekend.

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8 responses to “PN spokesperson for Home Affairs and criminal lawyer Joe Giglio is in favour of Labour’s asset freeze reforms”

  1. PN is still discussing its position over the Labour’s asset freeze reform – Mark Camilleri avatar
    PN is still discussing its position over the Labour’s asset freeze reform – Mark Camilleri

    […] parliamentary group is divided over Labour’s proposed asset freeze reform, and the party is still formulating its official position as it addresses the internal […]

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  2. aglapira avatar
    aglapira

    Birds of a feather or band of brothers?

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  3. isleofcorruption avatar
    isleofcorruption

    Maybe it’s because it offers him some form of protection and may have something to hide? A trojan horse comes to mind?

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  4. Kimura avatar
    Kimura

    The Nazzs will never oppose this bill as they do not dare antagonise the local business and criminal cabal who will eventually support their efforts to win the next GE. Rest assured that once in power they will not chase or prosecute any Labour Minister or Official for the multitude of corrupt and shady deals we have experienced during these past 10 years. Everything will be swept under the carpet same as has happened with the infamous oil and BWSC much lauded scandal. Despite all the crtiticisim and drama both parties are in tacit agreement to cover each other’s arses once in power. So the show and theatrics go on.

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    1. Chris avatar
      Chris

      Exactly. The PLPN cabal is alive and well. But the Labour party Gahan and the Nationalist party Gahan prefer to delude themselves into thinking that one party is better than the other. The PN maybe more subtle than PL about the way they go about things. Their antics are less overt and embarrassing. But deep down, when it comes to crookedness, PLPN leaders and parliamentarians are blood brothers/sisters.
      Saqsi lil EZL and his PN sweetheart.

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    An Opposition that is in cahoots with the government – Mark Camilleri

    […] right before Joseph Muscat is recommended for criminal prosecution by the inquiring Magistrate. Joe Giglio is in favour of this law and it will serve him well as a criminal lawyer who defends money launderers, who pay their lawyers […]

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    […] brief in parliament by calling on the arrest of the Pilatus Bank whistleblower. Joe Giglio also supported the Labour Party’s reforms on money-laundering that disarmed the power of the authorities to conduct extensive asset freezes, enabling corrupt […]

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    Defending Yorgen Fenech's associates in Court: Shadow Minister for Justice Joe Giglio - The Maltese Herald

    […] Both Anthony Farrugia and Patrick Demanuele have been served with an assets freeze and Joe Giglio supported the Labour government’s reforms to reduce the power of the authorities to enact these asset freezes […]

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