ASSASSINATED MALTESE MONEY LAUNDERING PROSECUTOR DISREGARDED WARNING FROM ABROAD ABOUT THREATS TO HIS SAFETY

 

The Scene of the Crime.

Our sources abroad have confirmed that Maltese prosecutor Karl Muscat was warned of the personal dangers that he faced as the result of his avid pursuit of money laundering suspects, but he refused protection, or to take additional care with his own security measures. The warnings came from foreign law enforcement agencies, which learnt of the threats during their own money laundering investigations of Maltese operating in the EU. Additionally, Italian law enforcement offered to relocate him from Malta, but their offer was declined.

Rumours that attorney Muscat's death was not a due to the actions of third parties have been soundly discounted. He was only 43 years old, in sound health, and deeply involved in his work, prosecuting money laundering in Malta. Suicide as the government's suspected cause of death has been seen as a feeble attempt at damage control by the ruling Labour Party, seeking to control potential public outrage.

Insiders with contacts in the Office of the Attorney General have related that Prosecutor Muscat's suspension from work was based solely upon trumped-up allegation of processional misconduct, created by AG Victoria Buttigieg, a known crony of ex-PM Joseph Muscat. The deceased was, according to these sources, who worked with him one a daily basis, being told how to prosecute money laundering cases. 

Malta watchers in the EU are openly fearing a cover-up by the Malta Police Force, especially in the release of autopsy and toxicology reports. We shall continue to access our sources, and report back to our readers on the unfolding developments of a nonpublic nature.