If Malta had a sophisticated and analytical Financial Crimes Investigation Department at the Police, the very nature of the contract to MIDI in 2000 would have been under serious scrutiny by criminal investigators.
There are many problems and questions that arise when a company with just LM 241,000 in cash was granted massive tracts of public land for a 99-year lease. The aggravating factor here is that Albert (Bertu) Mizzi, the owner of Alf Mizzi & Sons, now succeeded by his son Alec Mizzi, was a major donor to the Nationalist Party at the time, and these donations were never publicly declared. It was also widely known that Bertu Mizzi provided financial support to the press to secure backing for his project and the deed
This is why the entire deal between MIDI and the government was essentially built on the company’s consistent misrepresentation that it could meet large-scale development obligations: obligations it has now failed and can not fulfill.
Bertu Mizzi was an astute businessman insofar he could play the classic Maltese feudal game of monopoly, which he successfully achieved over the years by being very close to politicians from both major political parties. His legacy company, Alf Mizzi & Sons, was recently accused by Alex Agius Saliba of using its monopoly power in the importation of food products for profiteering. Our investigation on the issue had showed evidence that Alex Agius Saliba was in fact right.
Bertu Mizzi’s history is also interesting and we may also do some work about it like we did with regard about Tumas Group, considering his significance.
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