Three of a kind

This photograph shows Ivan Halletta, the Floriana (Labour) councillor who has a criminal conviction for smuggling goods between Malta and Sicily, obstructing customs officers and policemen who tried to check his cargo, and giving them false documentation, with parliamentary secretary Jose Herrera, a lawyer whose sister is a magistrate, and Manuel Mallia, a criminal lawyer who was police and army minister.

In the background: Manuel Mallia’s Romanian wife Codruta, 30 years his junior, who he married three years ago and made a Maltese citizen last year, using his ministerial discretion when he was minister responsible for citizenship.