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Austin Gatt supplies police with details of Swiss bank account
Swiss bank account details forwarded to police “to ensure that it was not connected with any criminal activity, particularly the ongoing Enemalta investigation.”
15 February 2013, 12:00am
Matthew Vella
Matthew Vella
1 min read
Transport Minister Austin Gatt has written to the Commissioner of Police giving him details of the Swiss UBS account held by him, which was revealed during a press conference held yesterday, "to ensure that it was not connected with any criminal activity, particularly the ongoing Enemalta investigation."
The police are investigating allegations of kickbacks paid by Trafigura to a former Enemalta and MOBC consultant. Trafigura agent George Farrugia has turned State's witness after he was granted a presidential pardon.
"Apart from this account and the other accounts and investments included in his parliamentary declaration of assets, Gatt and his wife do not own or hold any other property, monies, investments or accounts in any part of the world and this either in their own name, or through third parties or through nominee companies, or trusts," the minister said in his statement.
No mention was made that Gatt would be filing a report to the police against the Labour Party over an allegedly manipulated email, which was circulating on Facebook.
Gatt yesterday claimed there were two versions of the same email, revealed first by MaltaToday, showing George Farrugia had told a Total representative that he made the minister.
It turned out that The Times had replicated the MaltaToday email using a different formatting, leading to a confusion over whether the email had indeed been fabricated.
Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...
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I believe the Police should go deeper than this and investigate all those who are assuming collective responsibility for the oil scandal. In any case when a person dies he cannot transfer his bank account to his family members - the money is transferred to a new Bank Account - a conscientious and deliberate action which I believe was and may still be illegal under Maltese Law. So the explanation given is flawed from the word GO.
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Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it will make sure you have the right ones around you.
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How many Swiss bank accounts does Austin or anyone in the family have. Investigating just the account mentioned is in no way going to clear the air unless Austin gives full permission to be investigated in all the Swiss banks for any accounts held in his name or someone of his family. Austin still think us as fools , he might be right about those morons who still find time to waste listening to gonzi and Co. but not the rest of us especially those who have seen through gonzi and are joining labour's ranks.
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How many banks are active in Switzerland?
