Those six were the first of many in a much longer list in the same document. Gennaro’s counterpart, Domenico Lagrotteria was arrested in Italy the night before last.

Another two were arrested in Santo Domingo in connection with the shipment of oil from Malta to Italy in Libyan ships.

It’s not much, but it’s a start. Now it’s a matter of who can move fastest. Criminal networks are much more fluid than law enforcement agencies. The latter have a small window of advantage for now.

Baxxter, did you know that a police constable earns in a year what Sai Mizzi earns in a month?

I’m not justifying their ‘all being in it’ but for heaven’s sake it adds to the temptation – moreover it costs the buyers peanuts.

I said pouring, La Redoute. Six arrests are a trickle.

Start cheering. The first six arrests were this afternoon.

The shareholder is not named. The company is a fiduciary company, i.e. Its name appears instead of that of the real shareholder.

It seems this is just the start of an investigation that they intend to see through to the end. They talk of an “axis”, for God’s sake. That’s police euphemism for “tapit ta’ haxi the likes of which we’ve never seen.”

Good. I don’t expect the Maltese Police to cooperate. They’re all in it. But I’ll be cheering when those European Arrest Warrants start pouring in.