Tag: judge edwina grima
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Nationalist Party sources deny that party is proposing Judge Edwina Grima
Officials from the leadership of the Nationalist Party have spoken to The Maltese Herald and denied that the party has proposed Judge Edwina Grima for the role of Chief Justice as a compromise candidate. Nationalist Party sources have also denied that there is any compromise agreement over the position of Chief Justice involving the nomination…
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The request to prohibit discourse about Yorgen Fenech’s culpability came from his lawyers
The Court has accepted a request by Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers to prohibit any discussion about Yorgen Fenech’s ongoing case regarding his alleged murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Court order was issued following a video talk by Emmanuel Delia on the local news website Newz.mt. Judge Edwina Grima has consistently ruled against press reports and…
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Police move to freeze bank accounts overnight
Some of the Maltese individuals to be arraigned for money laundering over the Vitals and Steward public deals fraud will wake up this morning to find that their bank accounts have been frozen. The police have already acted on the Attachment Order with the list of suspected individuals and companies being suspected of money laundering.…
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The Judiciary vs the Legislator on Malta’s Anti-Money Laundering Law
Despite my very strong disagreement with Judge Edwina Grima’s fiery response to the leaks of Yorgen Fenech’s chats, the Judge has strongly criticised the government’s new Anti-Money Laundering law. The new reforms, approved earlier this year with the support of high-profile Nationalist Party MPs, including Joe Giglio, have disarmed the authorities’ powers in arraigning and…
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Victory for Justice Edwina Grima as Mr Ranger is banned from Twitter/X.com
Judge Edwina Grima has delivered a succesful result with her pressure over Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa to make a halt to leaks of Yorgen Fenech’s data dump of his phone, as Mr Ranger has been banned from Twitter/X.com. I’m sure this pressure and result was merited just like the Judge is holding monthly meetings with…
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The first criminal to benefit from the Labour Party’s money laundering reforms: Yorgen Fenech
Last week, Yorgen Fenech asked the court to reduce the extent of the freezing orders over his assets with his lawyer, Charles Mercieca citing the newly government-implemented anti-money laundering reforms. Some of Yorgen Fenech’s assets have been seized by freezing orders by the state, but his biggest freezing orders emanate from a civil case against…
