Tag: Prosecutor
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Exclusive: Unofficial government policy is not to make any assets seizures
The Maltese Herald has reached out to various high-profile individuals within the authorities an the Justice system to try and understand why there has been a very low amount of assets seizure in 2024. The Asset Recovery Bureau has only seized up to €1 million in assets in 2024 compared to €18.6 million in 2023.…
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Prosecutor in Tal-Maksar case failed to bring evidence on financial assets
According to the Court which handed life sentences to the Maksar brothers, Adrian and Robert Agius, who supplied the bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia, their financial assets were not seized because the prosecutor failed to present evidence in Court regarding those financial assets. A similar outcome took place with regard to Yorgen Fenech’s assets…
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Threats to the Standards Commissioner are confirmed: government clamping down on multiple investigations
Stories in the press of threats to the Standards Commissioner by the Prime Minister can be confirmed by The Maltese Herald. The government has been clamping down on the Standards Commission due to several investigations that the commission had started on various MPs from both political parties. The Standards Commission also rejected an investigation into…
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The Magistrate at the Nadur Carnival
Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech visited the Nadur Carnival yesterday. Some of the distinguished guests to the Bacchalian celebration include a slew of Prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney-General. Apparently there’s no harm in a bit of fun for the distinguished men and women of the Justice system. What harm can be done if you’re…
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Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni ups her attacks against the Judiciary: the ICC wants answers about Osama Al-Masri’s release
Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni is upping her attacks against Italy’s judiciary as she accuses them of interfering in government affairs. Her increasing attacks against the judiciary come as the International Criminal Court requested answers from the Italian government about Osama al-Masri’s release from custody and his deportation to Libya. The Italian governemnt has up to…
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Prosecutor cites breach of trust by public officer in Identita Malta Court Case
According to the reporting by Monique Agius of Newsbook, who often does very detailed court reports, yesterday in Court, a Prosecutor accused a public officer of breaching the public’s trust. The accused, a public officer at Identita Malta, Maria Rita Agius is being accused of fraud, forgery and money laundering. She was involved  in the…
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You don’t expect Prosecutors at the Liquid Club
You don’t expect to see Prosecutors at the Liquid Club, and neither should I be the one to point out that a Prosecutor’s presence there is not acceptable, but here we are. There’s nothing wrong with Techno music for sure, and I’m a patron of the club myself, only that you won’t see me in…
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Cocaine nights, bikini photos at the Phoenicia Hotel, and a history with the Labour Party: meet the new prosecutors at the Office of the Attorney-General
Yesterday, we released the story about the Labour government filling the Office of the Attorney-General with Labour Party loyalists. We also revealed that the Prime Minister is in direct contact with the Attorney-General, Viktoria Buttigieg. Over the course of the last two years, at least 14 new prosecutors have been engaged with the Office of…
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Proletarising the Office of the Attorney-General
The Office of the Attorney-General is facing a personnel crisis as it struggles to find experienced and skilled lawyers who could take on big cases such as the incoming case of 17 Black that is related to bribes over the Electrogas project. The Office of the Attorney General lost two of its most senior lawyers…
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Why the Drugs Squad is ramping up its operations
The Police’s Drugs Squad has been making regular successes with its operations as of recently, capturing numerous large illegal consignments. These hauls have also succeeded a series of operations targeting local networks, dampening the local distribution of drugs. The Drugs Squad, composed of around just 30 officers, has more time on its hands since prosecutorial…
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Senior Prosecutor Anthony Vella who botched up Charles Mercieca’s case is also the prosecutor who botched up Yorgen Fenech’s asset freeze
Yorgen Fenech had his assets unfrozen and handed over back to him by the Court thanks to the Labour Party’s new anti-money-laundering law which makes it even more difficult for prosecutors to issue an asset freeze over criminal suspects. Earlier this year, Yorgen Fenech asked to reduce the extent of his asset freeze given that…
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Nathaniel Falzon signed the charges against Malta’s top white-hat hackers and then left the Office of the Attorney General
An interesting story that should be scrutinised seriously is how and why, Nathaniel Falzon was assigned to conjure the charges against Malta’s top white-hate hackers, only to leave the Office of the Attorney General as soon as he signed the charges. Useful tool? Did he have a conscientious moment of regret? Whatever the reason was…
