In February a Maltese court annulled a 2.1-billion-euro public healthcare contract over suspicion of fraud. Financial records obtained by reporters show the people behind the contract used company accounts to buy personal and luxury items, and funneled millions of euros to themselves and relatives under the guise of loans and other payments.

The European Parliament paid tribute to Maltese investigative journalistDaphne Caruana Galizia on Thursday, nearly a week after the 5th anniversary of her assasination and after a court in Valletta sent her killers behind bars for decades.

Two brothers went on trial on Friday in Malta for allegedly killing investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who died in a car bomb attack five years ago.

Members of the European Parliament called on the body to end the practice of issuing so-called “golden visas” or citizenship by investment within its member states.

Maltese police raided on Wednesday the home of former Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, as part of an ongoing corruption probe related to a deal between a U.S. healthcare company and the Maltese state, the Times of Malta reported.

A former European Commissioner for Health is set to face criminal charges over a 60 million euro (US$71.1 million) bribery scandal that dates back to 2012, the Times of Malta reported Monday.

The office of the Maltese Attorney General charged on Wednesday casino mogul Yorgen Fenech with the 2017 murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was  uncovering corruption in Malta.

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s work uncovering corruption in Malta delved into visa-for-sale schemes, energy deals, and Caribbean offshore companies set up for Maltese politicians. Now, an investigation has found that all these stories come together — in China.

Prosecutors in Malta charged on Saturday former top government official Keith Schembri, his father and nine business associates with money laundering and fraud. Schembri was accused years ago by murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia of corruption.

Vince Muscat, one of three men on trial for the 2017 assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, pled guilty on Tuesday to all charges against him in exchange for a 15 years prison sentence.

Authorities in Maltaseized on Sunday more than 600 kilograms of cocaine concealed among cooking oil containers in a shipment bound for nearby Libya, the largest such bust in Maltese history.

Maltese authorities said on Thursday that they have arrested 15 people in connection with a highly sophisticated money laundering case. Media in Valletta claim the group smuggled fuel in cooperation with the Italian mafia and Libyan armed forces.

The husband of a whistleblower who provided evidence of alleged corruption to slain Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was released on Tuesday, one day after police arrested him following a request from Cyprus' authorities. 

In the wake of several scandals involving the investor citizenship schemes of Cyprus and Malta, the EU Commission plans legal action on Tuesday against the two countries. 

An alleged middleman in the murder of Maltese investigative journalistDaphne Caruana Galizia, was found Tuesday night in his apartment in Swieqi, at the island’s north, with serious injuries for which authorities said were self-inflicted.

After nine hours of testimony on Monday, a Maltese court announced that it would conduct a formal investigation into the role that former police chief Lawrence Cutajar may have played in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Times of Maltareported. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office, EPPO, said it was concerned by Malta’s failure to nominate to the body its three candidates for the country’s representative in the College of Prosecutors which consequently delays the start of the EPPO’s operations.

In an aggressive advertising campaign, a Malta-based company sent more than a billion emails offering customers face masks with a three-year-long warranty for at least US$49.99 for two pieces.

The French Financial Prosecution Officesaid on Wednesday it will try to determine whether the money the suspected mastermind of the murder of a Maltese journalist has allegedly used to bribe Maltese officials has anything to do with his assets in France.

The UKNational Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday that its officers arrested six people suspected of being involved in last year’s €13 million (US$14.38 million) Maltese Bank of Valletta cyber heist.