INDICTED FORMER PRIME MINISTER SEEKS TO ESCAPE VIA TURKEY; HE IS FOILED AFTER JUDGE REQUIRES COURT PERMISSION FOR ANY TRAVEL ABROAD

The indicted former Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta, JOSEPH MUSCAT, apparently sought to evade justice after he was charged with money laundering, corruption, bribery and a host of other crimes; he bought a ticket to Dubai, traveling via Istanbul. Unfortunately for him, the judge in his criminal case entered an order requiring that all travel abroad be first approved by the Court. Muscat then abruptly cancelled his flight reservations.

Dubai is often the destination of fugitives from justice, and fraudsters who are engorged with the proceeds of crime, who often conceal their ill-gotten gains in Emirates banks, which are known to be notorious for accepting deposits of international fugitives that most jurisdictions' financial institutions would not touch.

Rumours continue to fly around Malta that Muscat, and his political associates, known as the Merry Men of Corruption and Money Laundering, will eventually be charged with major felonies in Federal Court in the United States, for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks from American businessmen who defrauded Malta out of hundreds of millions in the sordid hospitals purchase scandal.