Italian police trace €5 million deposit into Maltese bank account

An operation led by the Italian police, dubbed 'Criminal Minds' leads the investigation to Malta after a €5 million deposit is traced into a Maltese bank account.

4 March 2012, 12:00am
by Karl Stagno-Navarra

Marco Bianchini (centre) was arrested in San Marino.

A wide-ranging investigation on criminal activities involving entrepreneurs and persons from the Camorra and Albanian underworld has hit Maltese shores.

The Italian police asked Maltese authorities for assistance after a €5 million deposit was traced to a Maltese bank account.

The operation dubbed "Criminal Minds" is led by the Guardia di Finanzia in Rimini, Italy. The investigations led to the arrest and extradition from San Marino of Marco Bianchini, an entrepreneur accused of corruption andf criminal involvement