WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER, TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, TURN OUT THE LIGHTS !

 

 

                                        Taking out the Trash  by COSIMO  

 It seems that the music's not only over for Joseph Muscat, but indeed the entire Malta Labour Party, a racketeering operation masquerading as a political party. It is time for Muscat to consult with American defence counsel, and seek to enter a plea. Otherwise, he's looking at the functional equivalent of a Life Sentence without the Possibility of Parole. ( Parole has been abolished in the Federal Courts).

He also needs to engage one of those services that prepares defendants for Federal Prison; since he was never in the military or police, he is simply not prepared for being placed in a strict institutional setting. How will he adjust without adequate preparation ? He also has what we refer to as Special Circumstances, meaning his personal orientation, and that needs to be addressed.

Finally, as a Roman Catholic involved in a number of crimes, including Homicide, he needs to not only attend Confession, but he needs spiritual guidance, lest he contemplate taking extreme measures. As the song says, he must "cancel [his] subscription to the Resurrection, as [they] send his credentials to the House of Detention." Muscat's personal End of Days is coming. He had best get ready.

65% SENTENCE REDUCTION GRANTED TO SWISS MONEY LAUNDERER IN MIAMI/MALTA MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION IS BAD NEWS FOR TARGETS

 

The District Judge in the massive PDVSA billion dollar money Miami money laundering case has unsealed a previously-granted Rule 35 Motion, granting Swiss money launderer Matthias Krull a Sentence Reduction from ten years to only three and one-half years. A reduction in excess of 50% is rarely given; in this case the Court noted the "nature and extent of Defendant's cooperation, " which was obviously major.

Given that such favourable treatment only comes after the cooperator renders what is known as Substantial Assistance, which means he helped secure indictments and/or the recovery of a substantial amount of criminal proceeds, you can be sure it was something greatly appreciated by the Department of Justice. Given that we are aware of the pending Miami case, a probable sealed indictment in SDNY, and a possible additional sealed indictment in the District of Columbia, the two groups of known targets, the Miami laundrymen not yet charged, and the Malta laundrymen who moved $130m, those two groups should now consider that some of them may very well have sealed indictments pending against them. 

The Sealed Order granting Motion for Reduction of Sentence appears below for your review. It was unsealed yesterday, according to the court docket. Certain criminal defence attorneys in the US are most likely contacting their clients with this bad news. We shall immediately advise our readers when any indictments are unsealed and become public record.

"MALTA, TOLD BY AN IDIOT, FULL OF SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING NOTHING"

                                                                        by  COSIMO

 

 Legal observers in North America and the European Union, who have long experience watching court proceedings in Malta die a long and painful death, with no conviction or prison time for the guilty parties, are looking at this week's events with a jaded eye. Candidly, there's no way the senior members of the country's Power Elite ( translation: officials and Labour Party members) are going to be convicted, because of one omnipresent, omnipotent person: Joseph Muscat.

 

                                              The Face of the Enemy by COSIMO

by COSIMO

Muscat knows that if his criminal cadre are in custody, serving long terms of imprisonment, they will be sorely tempted to inform on his long laundry list of bribes, kickbacks and other favours that he received from people that you would not want to meet on a dark street corner at midnight, to reduce their sentences, or obtain a pardon, and he knows he cannot kill all of them in their cells. Therefore, he insures that the corrupt judiciary, and prosecutors, use their dilatory powers to deny swift justice, or for that matter, any justice.

Unfortunately for Mr. Muscat, he has failed to reckon with the fact that financial crime, even inside Malta, has global implications, and his upcoming appearance will be in the dock of an American District Court, in a place where his influence and threats do not extend to, and where he will meet his final Destiny . Readers, Stay tuned;  there's so much more ahead.

                              Crimes Against the State  by COSIMO

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                                                            Bonus Picture: Night Moves
 

Note: All three drawings are by COSIMO/.

THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMMENTS ON THE POSSIBLE REOPENING OF THE EGRANT INQUIRY

                                         "No Sign of any Wrongdoing" by COSIMO
 

If you were agitated after reading Joseph Muscat's brusque dismissal of the potential reopening of the Egrant inquiry, laced with both political invective and a dramatic statement of his own alleged pain as a victim of an unjust crusade against him, you were not alone. JM is arguing that Egrant was an attempted frame-up, against him and his family. If he thinks that, then by reopening the Egrant inquiry, he can clear his name.

Maria Efimova, the Conscience of Malta, has her own take on the call to return to the Egrant matter.

As is our custom, all her statements are verbatim quotes, without editing or alteration:

1. On the appearance of a call to return to the investigation, "Great News ! I hope the inquiry will be reopened and I will be relieved from those ridiculous perjury charges. "  

2.  Regarding the inquiry process itself, " I believe that there are grounds to believe that the Egrant query was concluded too quickly, and there was a set up"

3. Concerning Portelli's sins, "Pierre Portelli, who apparently was working for Yorgen Fenech, gave to the Magistrate the 'forged' documents. And then the forensics confirmed the signatures were falsified."

4. She calls out the fraud, "If Portelli got those forged documents from Nexia BT, then it becomes clear that Ian Abdilla 'didn't find' Pilatus' second operation system, Aaron Bugeja 'couldn't summon' two key witnesses (Dina Stancovic and Linet Estiroti) I told him about, and Forensics were intentionally given the forged documents".

5. And of course the threat, "I was 'advised' not to dare giving the Magistrate the evidence I have, because I would have been immediately charged."

6. On Muscat's accusations, "Muscat says that I am still overseas. True it is because I am overseas that I am still alive. In June 2017, I strongly recommended Daphne to leave Malta, too but unfortunately, she stayed."

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AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE

John 8:32 (among other places)

 

 

MIAMI FEDERAL PROSECUTORS' ACTION AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERER IN RELATED CASE SHOULD CONCERN MALTA TARGETS

 

Last week, Federal prosecutors in a Miami case closely linked to the Malta money laundering investigation came down hard on a Colombian-American laundryman who had pled guilty, for failing to fully cooperate with the authorities, which demonstrates the zeal with which the prosecution is pursuing its targeted money launderers in the PDVSA cases. The case should be an abject lesson in the serious consequences that occur when a defendant does not completely disgorge his criminal profits, as promised. The Malta targets are not exactly known for being honest and forthright, which comes from living in a culture of deceit and corruption.

When Gustavo Hernandez Fieri, an investment executive who is the cooperating defendant, and is a lawyer named in the Matthias Krull case, which involves $1.2bn that was laundered through Miami and Malta, failed to deliver possession of a luxury residence and other assets, the US Attorney last week notified the Court of his default. He could now, instead of the couple of years he anticipated doing, be sentenced to the maximum, ten years of imprisonment. There is never a good outcome when defendants attempt to outfox the Government, and retain assets.

The lesson for the Malta money laundering targets is simple; the Government will not put up with any misconduct when it cuts a deal for any of the defendant/money launderers in these high-profile cases. If any of them choose to cooperate, should they try to cheat, and hold on to the proceeds of their crimes, it will not go well for them. In this case, his stunts will probably cost Fieri several more years of incarceration. We trust that the lesson has been absorbed by those who may choose to cooperate in the future. 

MALTA'S WHISTLEBLOWER COMMENTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE KEITH SCHEMBRI ARRESTS

 

                                    

                                          "Give up the reins, already !"  by COSIMO

Given the importance of the arrests yesterday, of Keith Schembri and ten others, in a case involving corruption, money laundering, fraud and CBI passport sales kickbacks, we have asked Maria Efimova, The former Pilatus Bank staff member, and Malta's best known whistleblower, for her thoughts and comments on the events of the day, and their impact upon Malta.

As is our practice, our quotes are verbatim, without editing, so that our readers understand her unique perspective:

1. On the arrests, " I am sure that the accused will start talking very soon. I sincerely hope there will be no more murders. Brian Tonna and Karl Cini were charged with lying under oath and falsifying documents. I guess they committed the same crime in the Egrant inquiry also."

2. Regarding the extensive delays in the investigation, "It took almost four years for Hillman  & Schembri inquiry to be concluded, while the egrant one was done in one year. Pure set up. "

3. On Pilatus Bank, " Interesting detail. Schembri used Pilatus Bank for his illegal transactions. However no director of Pilatus has been charged. I think they are the untouchable ones, too. I bet Mr. Tonna is mad about it."

4. Discussing the probable outcome of the case, " Not all of them will end up in jail. I guess they will find a way to blame everything on one or two of them, on the less "valuable" ones. That is why the less "valuable" should start talking and revealing - to save themselves."

5. On why this case now, instead of charging new defendants in Daphne's murder or in the major money laundering cases, "They opted for the smallest evil."

                                 Keith "I'm the King of the World" Schembri  by COSIMO

 

6. About Muscat's subsequent statements, "have you read that Muscat immediately started talking about the Egrant inquiry ? This guy is scared his set-up will fall apart."

7.  Regarding the news about the extradition order upon the Colombian money launderer Alex Saab Moran, who moved $130m through Pilatus Bank, using Elemento Ltd., "Wow! I didn't know that. Muscat definitely blessed those transactions."

8. On the impact of the arrests upon the political situation, " Normally, they should call an election now."

9. Discussing whether Michele Muscat's reputed money laundering through a fashion house exposes her to indictment abroad, " Oh yeah, this lady is in business, too." " She used

10. Finally, on PM Robert Abela, "I think Robert Abela secretly wishes to resign. He looks terrified. " on Abela's prior role as Joseph Muscat's legal advisor,  Not that good of an adviser, as we can see. "

We shall continue to keep our readers advised in the Schembri matter.

 

MALTA'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER APPROVED THE ARRESTS, NOW FEARS HE WILL BE KILLED IN RETALIATION

 

                                 
          

 

Joseph Muscat, Malta's disgraced ex-Prime Minister, reportedly personally approved yesterday's eleven arrests for money laundering and corruption, and he now remains at home 24/7, worried that the defendants will order a murder by contract upon him. Muscat, while no longer in office, is essentially a strongman in control of the Republic of Malta, and no major criminal charges are filed there without his specific confirmation and consent.

Our sources report that Muscat is relying solely upon MP Glenn Bedingfield for contact with the outside world, as he remains inside his high-security residence. Bedingfield has been seen delivering groceries and other necessities. Two armed bodyguards are known to be on duty at all times to protect the titular head of the Labour Party, which controls the country's police department and Attorney General with an iron hand, through corrupt payments and other privileges.

Whether Muscat survives remains an open question, given Malta's sordid reputation as the assassination capital of the European Union. Car bombs and the use of firearms are the most commonly used means of eliminating adversaries. We hope he remains healthy, so that he can stand trial for his many sins and transgressions, so that justice may be served.

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FORMER MALTA CHIEF OF STAFF KEITH SCHEMBRI AND TEN OTHERS ARRESTED IN MONEY LAUNDERING & CORRUPTION CASE

                   The Mighty have Fallen: Keith Schembri sleeping in the prison van
 

Keith Schembri, who was the Chief of Staff to former Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was arraigned  and accused of money laundering, fraud and corruption, in a case involving his payment of €650,000 in bribes, to an Allied Group newspaper executive. Ten others have been charged:

BRIAN TONNA, a partner of Nexia BT

KARL CINI, also a partner of Nexia BT

MALCOLM SCERRI, business partner of Schembri

MANUEL CASTAGNA,  also a partner of Nexia BT

KATRIN BONDIN CARTER. Nexia BT financial controller

ALFIO SCHEMBRI, Keith's father and director of Kasco Group companies

MATTHEW PACE, of Zenith Finance, formerly known as  MFSP Financial

LORRAINE FALZON, also of Zenith Finance

VINCENT BUHAGIAR, former director of Allied Group; he was the only one granted bail

ADRIAN HILLMAN, former director of the Allied Group, and the alleged recipient of the bribes,; he is in the UK and not in custody.

ROBERT ZAMMIT, financial controller of Keith Schembri 

 We note that Schembri, who was also charged with forgery, was denied bail and taken to a correctional facility.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE: MALTA'S PRIME MINISTER FEARS RETRIBUTION FROM HIS CHIEF OF STAFF

 

 

                                        Evil personified  by COSIMO

There's interesting news regarding disgraced former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. A source inside the Muscat camp has disclosed that Muscat is keeping an extremely low profile of late, as events are overtaking his former Chief of Staff, Keith Schembri , and he has a very well-placed fear that KS may seek to do him physical harm. Apparently, Schembri believes that Muscat betrayed him, by failing to insure that he will never be prosecuted  in Malta for certain acts.

Now, with the law closing in, Muscat is afraid that Schembri, who not only knows a carload of damaging facts about Muscat's extensive criminal misconduct, but who could visit physical harm upon him, by simply ordering the Malta Security Services (MSS), which he unofficially commands, to hurt him. 

While Muscat has taken the appropriate security precautions, he is familiar with the tactics of the MSS, and its sordid history, and anticipates that he will be targeted by the organization, with fatal results. Our readers are familiar with the revenge killing of the individual who saw a minister in a bordello in Germany; that individual was later tortured and murdered, but had a certain appendage removed prior to his death, and Muscat is reportedly living in fear. 

 Also for obvious reasons, Muscat is nervous about any automobile travel, given Malta's dark history with car bombings, including one very close to home. Perhaps he should remain at home, in an overabundance of caution.

THE MALTA SECURITY SERVICES, THE COUNTRY'S SECRET POLICE, ARE COMPLETELY IN CONTROL

                                        Malta Security Services  by COSIMO
 

 The recent disclosure, made by a confessed co-conspirator in the Daphne assassination, that a former official in the government of Malta's disgraced ex-Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, personally picked the agents at the Malta Security Services The MSS, which operates as Malta's secret police, often under the radar, acting as a criminal organization, for profit, and at the bidding of senior government leaders with a specific agenda: to maintain and consolidate their power. 

Some of the ongoing operations that the MSS is known to be presently engaged in:

(1) Framing local residents of criminal activity.

(2) Black operations.

(3) Smuggling of both legitimate goods and narcotics into Malta.

(4) Hacking into electronics inside residents' homes, and acquiring information for the purposes of blackmail.

(5) Prostitution.

(6) Hacking into WhatsApp and IPhone messages of residents.

 

The MSS has purchased sophisticated surveillance systems in the UK and Israel, and spies upon elected leaders, to have sufficient damaging evidence upon them for the purpose of controlling their votes in Parliament. One recent example: a Member of Parliament was reportedly filmed during an affair with Yorgen Fenech, by hidden cameras in his office and on his boat, installed by MSS. While she resigned as siting minister, pending an official investigation, she has retained her seat in Parliament. She is rumoured to have obeyed orders regarding actions she took in an official capacity, due to the alleged blackmail regarding illicit sex and alleged cocaine use.

Who orders the MSS on behalf of the former Prime Minister ?  We cannot say definitively, but anyone using common sense know that answer to that question. 

 

IS THE CASE AGAINST KEITH SCHEMBRI A PLOY TO KEEP HIM OUT OF AN AMERICAN PRISON ?

                                       Quoth the Raven, Nevermore by COSIMO
 

While we are consumed with what appears to be a bona fide prosecution of former OPM Chief of Staff Keith "Snake" Schembri, we are being conned. You will note that all the other crimes he committed (e.g. Daphne bombing, Panama Papers, Montenegro wind farm , hospital etc,) are being conveniently ignored. Who do you think is directing this perfectly-timed charade ? 

Try the initials JM, with the able assistance of a number of criminal defence attorneys, who know the American Tsunami is coming, and want to keep KS on ice. If Schembri is "embroiled" in a criminal case in Malta, he cannot very well be extradited to Federal court in Miami, New York City, or Washington, DC, now can he ? Of course, that will be the argument of Malta's Attorney General, when he opposes American efforts to extradite him, indefinitely. He will be extremely sorry, when responding to US DOJ efforts, but will certainly advise that he must follow the laws of the Republic of Malta, and hold him.

Now that we are on the subject, will Malta try that same dodgy tactic with Joseph Muscat and Konrad Mizzi ? Most likely they will try to interpose criminal charges, of a minor nature, which will actually have a factual basis, to combat any efforts to expose it as a fraud upon the court.

Somehow, though, we believe that the Department of Justice will find a way to bring the Malta money launderers to justice in an American courtroom, notwithstanding any legal dilatory stunts. Ask the many foreign financial criminals who sought to evade the long arm of the United States, but are now serving long terms of imprisonment in an American correctional institution. That means you, Keith. 

                            Schembri dancing upon the Head of a Pin by COSIMO
 

 

 

CAPE VERDE SUPREME COURT APPROVES EXTRADITION TO US OF COLOMBIAN MONEY LAUNDERER WHO USED BANKS AND SHELL COMPANIES IN MALTA TO MOVE MILLIONS

                                    Alex Saab Moran - his Antigua CBI passport
 

 

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Cape Verde has confirmed a lower court order of extradition for Alex Nain Saab Moran, the Colombian money launderer who moved hundreds of millions of dollars from Venezuela for senior politicians, narcotics kingpins, fraudsters, and individuals diverting money from accounts of PDVSA, the government-owned oil company. A career criminal, Saab is close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as well as many Venezuelan PEPs engaged in illicit activities in their country and abroad.

Saab's attorneys have asserted that they will take the case to the Constitutional Court, but they do not have the right of appeal to that court, meaning that acceptance of the appeal is discretionary, and most observers believe that any filing there will fail. He will eventually be extradited to the United States, to face justice.

This case is obviously of great interest to those entities in Malta accused of laundering the proceeds of crime for Saab's Maltese shell company, Elemento Ltd., which include the closed Pilatus Bank, Portmann Capital Management Ltd., and other Maltese banks we will not publicly name, due to ongoing criminal investigations.

                                    Saab the Juggler by COSIMO

 

Saab's major money laundering case is pending in United States District Court in Miami. Regular readers of this blog are aware that Matthias Krull, the convicted Swiss money launderer, has had his report date to Federal Prison repeatedly delayed, to obviously allow him, and others in Saab's case, to testify against him at trial. The Maltese money laundering targets have good cause for worry, as Saab himself may choose to cooperate, rather than face what will be essentially a Life Sentence, due to the amount of money he laundered through their country's banks, using a local shell company.

MALTA'S POLICE COMMISSIONER PROTECTS POLITICIANS WHO COMMIT CRIMES WITH IMPUNITY

                                             Lucifer's Angel  by COSIMO
 

 This is Malta's Police Commissioner, Angelo Gafa. When eyewitnesses fingered prominent politicians in connection with the Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination, PC Gafa stated, on the record, that all the guilty have been apprehended, and that there were no politicians implicated. What planet is he living on, we ask ? What we have here is a sad state of affairs where the police protect the politicians, and insure that they never, ever go to prison in any criminal case. Some of them may be arrested, but those cases will not ever go to trial. 

Some investigations will be delayed for so many years that the Statute of Limitations expires, preventing any further criminal action. Doesn't anyone watch the dates of offenses, to insure that Limitations problems will not be available as a defense ? We think that dilatory action by the police and government prosecutors is ordered by the politicians who are paying them their monthly bribes. 

So long as the Malta Police cannot be trusted to make arrests, because the politicians are paying for their  yachts, private school tuition for their children, and overseas vacations, and their many vices, justice will never be served, and the guilty will avoid the consequences of their Original Sins. We have PC Gafa largely to thank for this sordid state of affairs.

 

                                        "I was only Following Orders" by COSIMO

Gafa is insuring that, no matter how serious the crime is, the politicians in power will not be held accountable for their sins. He simply must go, and now, for he is a Public Enemy to all Maltese who believe in the Rule of Law. So long as he is frustrating justice, Malta will remain in Last Place in the European Union.

                                               Public Enemy by COSIMO

WE WARNED OUR READERS ABOUT THE KEY CARDS WEEKS AGO

 

                                     "Carmelo loses his footing"  by COSIMO

 

 Today's disclosures regarding Minister Carmelo Abela should come as no surprise to our readers; we talked about it weeks ago, and we are not afraid to name & shame Carmelo Abela as the guilty party who supplied the key cards used in the HSBC heist. The fact that the Malta Police had this information last year, and did nothing about it merely confirms that corruption rules Malta, and no institution can be trusted to follow the Rule of Law.

It is bloody time for international intervention, to save Malta from itself. Nothing less will work, when criminals run a country. Forget Haiti and Myanmar, Someone needs to put this topic up at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. 

                                                  The face of the Enemy  by COSIMO
 

 

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                                         Shame is the Name of the Game  by COSIMO

WHO IS INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION AT THE MALTA PLANNING AUTHORITY ?

A major criminal investigation of the payment of bribes and kickbacks to present and former members of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) appears to have picked up steam. Some of our sources have reported that multiple interviews have been conducted, and we must assume that immunity from prosecution has been offered, in exchange for testimony against certain major offenders.

We do not know who the investigating agency is, but it is assumed that it is from either from the United Kingdom or the United States.This means that either the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) or the UK Bribery Act is at issue. The cases appear to revolve around the illegal evasion of Environmental issues, the avoidance of Development Planning requirements, and the removal of historical structure barriers to alteration.

It is common knowledge among local bankers that there is money laundering on an industrial scale, via mega construction projects. Construction is financed by shell companies domiciled in Dubai, UAE, The British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Marshall islands.

We have refrained from disclosing the existence of the investigation, but now that we understand the Persons of Interest have become aware, we feel that the public has the right to know.