Maltese investigators are accusing SOCAR Trading of bribery previous Maltese government officials Keith Schembri (Prime Minister’s chief of staff) and Konrad Mizzi (Minister of Energy). The news came out today in a Times of Malta article revealing conclusions by the Magisterial Inquiry on the Electrogas scandal.
No details have been provided so far, however Keith Schembri, Konrad Mizzi and Yorgen Fenech all hatched off-shore companies and foreign bank accounts in order to transfer their illicit funds, including the company 17 Black in Dubai owned by Yorgen Fenech. Their money-laundering scheme was disrupted by investigations by Daphne Caruana Galizia who was subsequently murdered.
Individuals connected with the Electrogas project have already been charged and SOCAR is set to be charged as well. SOCAR still owns a stake in the Electrogas consortium which sells electricity to the Maltese government (Enemalta) through its gas-fired power-station in Delimara.
Socar has not provided a reply yet.
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