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MFSA has since yesterday taken responsibility to authorise or otherwise any and all transactions at Pilatus Bank. Cut the confidentiality crap now. We are talking about a criminal conspiracy and we deserve answers. At the time news of the arrest of Ali Sadr in the United States broke, in the dark wee hours of yesterday [...]

There are crooks everywhere you look. And there are crooks in a US jail. And there are crooks in hiding. Surprise, surprise, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff @keithaschembri did NOT turn up in Court today to face questions on @PanamaPapers. What is he afraid of? #DaphneCaruanaGalizia @ICIJorg https://t.co/PtTPBVtMSm — Simon Busuttil (@SimonBusuttil) March 22, [...]

Maria Efimova has just this morning received the news that her former employer at Pilatus Bank Ali Sadr is in a US jail indicted for financial crimes punishable by more than a century of prison. She had not heard the news having herself been put behind bars a few hours before him when she walked [...]

Guest post by someone known to me. So the Maltese Police Force is trying to justify its lack of action against the Chairman of Pilatus bank Ali Sadr by arguing that the US Authorities never got in touch with them. Not only, but as a gesture of goodwill they are now offering to assist the [...]

Watch John Sweeney's film about innocent looking assets used by Russia to conduct its cold war activities in the rest of the world. One of these is Maltese star Joseph Mifsud a mystery professor never fully explained. And still in hiding. Apart from recommending this film because it's a sheer pleasure to watch, you need [...]

Coverage of yesterday's events on Euronews. "The arrest and the U.S. charges (of and against Ali Sadr) are also a setback for the European Union’s regulators who have attempted to tighten EU banking controls in recent years, putting the European Central Bank in charge of monitoring big euro zone banks." See the full report here.

After the widespread reaction to their first statement, the MFSA issued a clarification saying their order to Pilatus Bank has the effect of not allowing the bank to undertake any transaction without the MFSA's permission. That includes withdrawals. Late. But it happened. Sweet bodements. Good. Thank you, America I guess.

It’s nice to watch them panic. It won’t last long. They will dust themselves off and make it look like they planned it all along. Joseph Muscat reinvented himself into a leading light of Europe having been our own little Nigel Farage for more than a decade. They’re actually trying to pin Pilatus Bank on [...]

The MFSA "forced out" Ali Sadr from the directorship of Pilatus Bank and ordered a freeze of any transactions by him, his fellow directors and senior management and their relatives. So no late night calls to open a loan account to the chairman's sister for a million and a quick transfer of almost half that [...]

Statement by Matthew, Andrew and Paul Caruana Galizia: Malta's authorities failed to hold Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad to account, leaving our mother, Daphne Caruana Galizia, to do so alone. Hashemi Nejad threatened our mother relentlessly, claiming she caused his Malta-based bank, Pilatus Bank, reputational damage. In May last year, Hashemi Nejad brought a $40m lawsuit [...]

Here's Il-Kenniesa's statement calling for the action this evening. If you're coming -- and you should -- it would be a nice touch to bring a broom with you. It's a new spring clean after all. Demanding Resignation of Lawrence Cutajar Following the arrest of Pilatus Bank owner, Ali Sadr Hashemi, in the US, we [...]

UK daily The Times has this morning reported that it “has seen evidence” linking Cambridge Analytica with Christian Kalin owner of Henley & Parterns in interference in elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines one of the countries where Henley and Partners run a passport-sales scheme like they do in Malta. The Times reports that [...]

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So she was not mad after all. She was not lying. She was not a witch intent on hurting Labour because she resented its success. Not that we needed this to allow the facts she published and the evidence she presented for any rational person to be persuaded Pilatus Bank was a den of thieves, [...]

Reuters report that Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, chairman of Pilatus Bank is under arrest in the United States accused of participating in a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions and funnel more than $115 million paid under a Venezuelan construction contract through the U.S. financial system. The United States have indicted Ali Sadr, 38, in a six-count [...]

By regular correspondent Godfrey Leone Ganado: The parliamentary question as to whether Keith Schembri has a bank account in Dubai and at Pilatus Bank will remain unanswered, thanks to Anġlu Farrugia who owes much to the government may have been inclined to protect his masters from the opposition’s scrutiny. I too, like Simon Busuttil, have [...]

I'm not translating Norman Vella's verses to English. Translating poetry does not really work. This was first published on Newsbook. Taħt assedju Iltaqgħu xemgħa u fjura, Ġewwa misraħ f’nofs il-Belt, Tħallew minn tfajla mbikkma, Għajn ta’ tama f’dan il-għelt.   Hemm, imħares minn tliet ġganti, Weqfin, siekta, viġilanti, Tpoġġa nkwatru b’wiċċ ta’ mara, B’daqqa t’għajn [...]

Left MEP and journalist Stelios Kouloglou is calling on the Greek government to grant Maria Efimova protection from Malta's request for her extradition. He has been helping Maria Efimova with an appeal to the Greek Ministry for Home Affairs for a Greek residency permit having already been declined by the Cretan authorities. She has been [...]

Members of the ad-hoc Rule of Law Delegation to Malta stated: It has come to our attention that Russian whistleblower Maria Efimova, in fear for her life and the security of her family, walked into the Greek police, in Athens, last night, asking for protection. Maria Efimova is a material witness in investigations on corruption [...]