WAS MALTA'S TOP MONEY LAUNDERING PROSECUTOR, KARL MUSCAT, GIVEN A FATAL DOSE OF POISONED COCAINE?

Our recent article* about the one year anniversary of the highly suspicious death of the senior prosecutor of money laundering cases in the Republic of Malta, KARL MUSCAT, which has spawned coverage of the matter in Maltese media, still asks the question: how did this prosecutor from the Attorney General's office come to die at such a young age, and whilst in apparently good health?

The total lack of any significant investigation of his death speaks volumes about the circumstances. Muscat was reportedly a casual or recreational user of cocaine, which one can probably say about many attorneys practising law in Malta, as that seems to be an occupational hazard in that profession, in a Malta awash in cocaine. In today's news, two Italians and an Albanian were arrested with ten kilograms of the illegal substance, which was worth substantially more than more than one million Euros. Cocaine is readily available in Malta, and its abuse is widespread.

Had a serious investigation been conducted a year ago, it would have been possible to determine whether attorney Muscat unwittingly consumed tained (poisoned) cocaine, and that this was the true cause of his untimely death. His prominent role in the investigation and prosecution of prominent individuals for corruption, including but not limited to politicians and elected officials close to disgraced former Maltese PM JOSEPH MUSCAT, raises the distinct possibility that the attorney consumed drugs laced with a toxic substance, to delay the cases to which he was assigned. Given the suspicious death of British investigative reporter BARRY RANDALL in Montenegro, acting upon information he received from Daphne Caruana Galizia, we can rule nothing out, regarding how far corrupt forces in Malta will go to defeat justice.

Whilst a medical investigation into the circumstances of Karl Muscat's death is most likely out of the question, the police could still unravel the mystery, and explore whether they can identify any guilty parties. His family, and indeed all of Malta, deserves no less.    

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*One Year after the Suspicious Death of Malta's Money Laundering Prosecutor, we are Reminded of the British Journalist Murdered after meeting with Daphne (August 6, 2023).