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Allied Group has expressed its "immeasurable surprise" that the state took the decision to charge its managing director Michel Rizzo, and one of its companies, Progress Press, with fraud and money laundering offences. The arraignment happened as a result of the investigation into graft between the chief of staff to the former prime minister, Keith Schembri, and former company officials Adrian Hillman and Vincent Buhagiar.  In a statement on Friday, Allied Group, which publishes Times of Malta...

Michel Rizzo suspends himself from Allied Group following money laundering charges Allied Group said that it was immeasurably surprised by the charges brought against Rizzo on Thursday 30 April 2021, 2:55pm by Nicole Meilak Allied Group Managing Director Michel Rizzo has suspended himself from the position as he faces charges of fraud and money laundering. In a statement on Friday, Allied Group said that it was surprised by the decision taken to charge Rizzo and Progress Press, one of its com...

Allied Group managing director Michel Rizzo and the company’s former financial controller Claude Licari have been charged with money laundering and fraud. The pair were arraigned in court on Thursday as part of a sprawling police investigation following the conclusion of a magisterial inquiry. They were granted bail and spared from having their personal assets frozen. However, the assets of Progress Press, the printing subsidiary of the Allied Group, were frozen. Investigations were led by th...

Adrian Hillman extradition delayed after UK authorities seek more paperwork Extradition proceedings to bring Adrian Hillman back to Malta to face criminal charges hit a snag as UK authorities seek further documentation before taking action 29 April 2021, 9:36am by Kurt Sansone The extradition of Adrian Hillman from the UK has been delayed after the authorities there have asked for more paperwork from police counterparts in Malta. The request by the Maltese authorities for Hillman’s extraditi...

The extradition of Adrian Hillman to Malta has been delayed after the UK authorities asked for further paperwork to justify the request made by the Maltese authorities.  Sources have told Times of Malta that law enforcement officials from the UK’s National Crime Agency are reviewing the application to have the former Allied Group managing director brought back to face charges of money laundering and corruption in the private sector. The request, designated as “high priority”, was sent mo...

Allied Group managing director Michel Rizzo and the company’s former financial controller Claude Licari have been charged with money laundering and fraud. The pair were arraigned in court on Thursday as part of a sprawling police investigation following the conclusion of a magisterial inquiry. They were granted bail and spared from having their personal assets frozen. However, the assets of Progress Press, the printing subsidiary of the Allied Group, were frozen. Investigations were led by th...

Former Progress Press chairman Vince Buhagiar could not explain hundreds of thousands of euro he received from Keith Schembri, telling investigators that those were payments for consultancy services forming part of a “gentlemen’s agreement.” Buhagiar, who is pleading not guilty to money laundering offences, received amounts over US$134,000, US$105,000 and €50,000 from a Gibraltar-based company, Malmos Ltd, owned by Schembri.  Details were disclosed on Tuesday by Inspector Ian Camilleri...

[ANALYSIS] Why is Labour’s lead so unassailable? There is no other way to look at it: as things stand Labour is heading to another landslide similar to that in 2013 and 2017. Why has Labour retained its lead despite a global pandemic and a string of arrests and revelations that shook the country to the core? asks James Debono 15 April 2021, 7:14am by James Debono Shadow of Joseph: the 2017 election showed Malta the presidential reach Muscat had not just with Labour voters but beyond The late...

Bonello hits back at Strickland heir, ‘untrue that Mario de Marco controls foundation’ Strickland Foundation chair Giovanni Bonello says Mabel Strickland heir Robert Hornyold-Strickland being selective on legal feuds with Allieds chief shareholder 11 April 2021, 11:12am by Matthew Vella The Strickland Foundation has kicked back at claims by Mabel Strickland’s heir Robert Hornyold-Strickland, in a spat over Allied Newspaper’s appointment of Adrian Hillman as managing director in 2012. ...

Strickland heir on Allied board insists Hillman promotion was fait accompli Allied shareholder Robert Hornyold-Strickland hits back at claims by Strickland Foundation council member Mario De Marco 8 April 2021, 9:12am by Matthew Vella The heir to Mabel Strickland, Robert Hornyold-Strickland, has accused the Nationalist MP Mario de Marco of occupying a seat on the Council of the Strickland Foundation – the largest shareholder in the Alied Group – against the wishes of Strickland’s vision ...