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Police consider fuel smuggling link to lawyer…

The lawyer in question filed a case in which she is contesting an agreement hammered out between various individuals for a €2 million settlement with an Italian fuel company Investigators are looking into a potential link between an arson attack on a lawyers car and fuel smuggling The lawyer, Graziella Attard, was not available yesterday […]

Debono used false certificates and Maltese notary’s…

If you want to promote your articles mail us at [email protected] November 13, 2017 06:22 UTC The 284-page ‘Dirty Oil’ dossier shows Debono was using falsified certificates of origin for smuggled Libyan oil to obtain a foreign ministry apostille so that his ships could offload their fuel in Italian portsItalian press reports alleging the connivance […]

Libya-Italy fuel smuggling: Italian newspaper claims ministry…

Individuals high up in the Maltese Foreign Affairs Ministry facilitated the smuggling of fuel between Libya and Italy, an Italian newspaper has reported. Sole 24, an influential Italian newspaper links the Maltese government in what is now being described as the ‘contamination’ of the fuel market in Italy and Europe. It appears that the latest […]

European Authorities Crack Down on ISIS Oil…

At least nine people were arrested last week, while 50 are under investigation as part of a probe by the Italian police aimed at stopping illegal oil purchases from ISIS by Italian oil companies, Al-Arabiya reported. The investigation, dubbed ‘Dirty Oil’, is conducted by the Attorney General of Catania, Sicily. Italian officials and members of […]

€30-million fuel from Libya smuggled to petrol…

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza financial police have uncovered a €30-million fuel smuggling scheme which involves stealing low-quality diesel from a refinery operated by Libya’s National Oil Corporation and selling it at petrol stations in Sicily, France, and Spain. The smuggled fuel would then be mixed and sold at 40% cheaper than the market price at […]