The elusive lawyer and business professor Joseph Bonnici is back in Malta with his return announced by the press (The Shift News), after having being arraigned in court over money-laundering. Apparently he is being charged with moving up to €3.5 million from a bank in Hong Kong, to a Maltese bank and then to a bank in the United States. His sister, Maria Angela Bonnici, who was an employee at Bank of Valletta and involved in running the St George’s Basilica of Rabat, Gozo is also involved in the case, but the details of the case are yet shrouded in secrecy.
The case is taking place at the Court in Gozo which is strange given that it is about a financial crime but I may stand to be corrected. The professor is an elusive character and has made an effort to delete his online footprint, but there are still details about him online such as this letter he sent to his local government protesting on the introduction of assisted suicide. He was a professor at Central Connecticut State University and claims to be a licensed attorney and solicitor.
What is more interesting, however is history in Malta. As The Shift News pointed out, he was the campaign manager of Patrick Grima who was elected to the local council of Rabat on the first count in Malta’s local council elections debut in 1994. Patrick Grima was a known rocker and contested on the ticket of his party called Il-Partit tal-Hard Rock (rock music was much more popular back then). He is mentioned here in a satirical rag that Joseph Bonnici used to publish in Malta.
Hopefully, I’ll get more details about his ongoing case soon.
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