A new feature in the criminal Court, mainly brought by the incompetence and the total dysfunction of the Financial Crimes Department of the Police, is charity for suspected money-laundering-drug-dealers. The Court has reduced the bail deposit conditions for Yousef Essesi, brothers Cleaven and Carlos Pace, and Sean Attard, after their lawyers pleaded with the Court that the suspects don’t have enough money to pay for bail.
Bizarrely, the Court accepted this request and their bail was reduced from €30,000 to €20,000. Their personal guarantee was increased to €50,000.
The four individuals are being charged for the large cannabis heist at the base of the Armed Forces. Two others are being charged including Christa Gauci and Liam Stewart.
The problem here is, as usual, the total absence of the FCID and any investigative work on the launder of criminal proceeds. The four individuals have a criminal record and a history with drugs, yet the FCID didn’t even made an effort to capture their criminal proceeds and now, these suspected criminals can pretend in Court that they don’t have enough money for bail.
We already wrote very concisely about Christa Gauci who owns several properties and cars, but the other suspects also have extensive access to assets and they also have family members who have various assets.
Two of these individuals, who had their bail reduced, brothers Carlos and Cleaven Pace, have relatives with ample assets. You may remember one of their relatives and his sisters, Desideria Grixti insulting journalists outside the Court building. Their father seems to be Keith Pace, who bragged on social media about his cocaine and his cars.
Desideria Pace is currently dating Owen Cremona, son of notorious drug-dealer, Pierre Cremona, who has recently passed away. Desideria Grixti has opened a clothing store in Hamrun called “Unstoppable Brands” or “Unstoppable Clothes” located in Paola. She also has a Mercedes.
The practice of laundering drug proceeds into retail shops in Hamrun and Paola is a very common practice. Other means to launder drug proceeds include jewelry and gold, cars, and properties registered under relatives. There is also a much longer list of relatives and friends of the accused individuals who have shops, and the aforementioned assets.
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