MFSA governor withdraws court action against former chief executive
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Bank of Valletta must show judge due diligence manuals in art fraud case
A judge ordered Bank of Valletta to exhibit manuals containing its anti-money laundering procedures in a case over €6 million funnelled into a non-existent Libyan company
7 July 2021, 7:45am
by Matthew Agius
Art dealer Pierre Amrouche has accused BOV of not carrying out due diligence on the use of his money in transactions by his former assistant to set up a Libyan venture through the offices of auditor Joe Sammut (right)
A judge has ordered Bank of Valletta (BOV) to exhibit manuals containing its anti-money laundering procedures in a case filed by an international art specialist over a scam which funnelled some €6 million into a non-existent Libyan company set up by former Labour Party treasurer and candidate Joe Sammut.
There is no judicial review for decisions refusing citizenship applications
The granting of citizenship is the Minister’s discretion and therefore, cannot be subject to the Court’s judicial review
14 March 2021, 8:59am
by Malcolm Mifsud
The granting of citizenship is the Minister’s discretion and therefore, cannot be subject to the Court’s judicial review. This was held by the First Hall of the Civil Court, presided by Mr Justice Robert Mangion in Ena Shoby Zaky Ibrahim Attia -v- Direttur tac-Cittadinanza, Ministru ghall-Gustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali.
The Plaintiff filed a sworn application asking the court to overturn a decision of the Director of the Citizenship which did not accept her application to become a Maltese citizen. There was no reason given to the decision taken in March 2017.