Net closes in on the Maltese elite linked to corruption, dirty money and murder

A fortress city of stone redoubts, ramparts, bastions and forts, Valletta has long been used as a backdrop for historical epics like Gladiator, Troy and Game of Thrones.

But Malta’s capital – dubbed the Mini Hollywood of the Mediterranean – is living through a real-life drama that has all the elements of a thriller, from sleaze and corruption to dirty money and murder.

“It’s worse than a Netflix series. It’s an incredible story, a scandal of mammoth and historic proportions. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that they would kill Daphne to keep corruption from coming out. I still find it difficult to believe but this is where we are,” said Simon Busuttil, an MEP for 10 years and the former…

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