Investigators unwrap Delia Soho links, but case runs out of steam
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A year after the FIAU flagged a “reasonable suspicion of money laundering” by Opposition leader Adrian Delia, the police investigation has hit a brick wall. The Sunday Times of Malta can confirm that a report by the Financial Intelligence Analysis UnitInvestigators unwrap Delia Soho links, but case runs out of steam
A year after the FIAU flagged a “reasonable suspicion of money laundering” by Opposition leader Adrian Delia, the police investigation has hit a brick wall. The Sunday Times of Malta can confirm that a report by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit drafted in March 2018, concluded that sufficient information was available to conclude that Dr Delia and his bank account in Jersey “may have been used for money laundering” (see details below). However, senior police sources explained that although the intelligence report handed to them this time last year had recommended a criminal probe, this had been left on the back burner for several months as the case was deemed too difficult to crack and not as pressing as other matters. “We do not have great hope for this investigation. We opened inquiries into the report’s findings. However at this point it depends largely on other jurisdictions – some of which are very secretive – handing over the necessary information, as well as probing a 15-year-old prostitution racket which allegedly operated in another country,” the source said. Four months ago The Sunday Times of Malta reported how a London-based prostitution racket and the... Read more