Malta is not a safe country. But staying within a corrupt environment is shutting a blind eye to corruption – if it bothers them at all.

Are we that trapped by our fear of temporary hardship and its effects? These types of fears are what give Muscat the surety he needs to continue unhindered: the Maltese are materialistic to a fault.

Hardly anyone knows real financial hardship. Most people are mollycoddled their life through. There is no real experience of raw survival for what one believes in. The exceptions are too few to be noticed, but enough to be the first dealt with.

No company worth its salt will want to risk hiring and training someone who may be prosecuted as an accomplice months down the line.

Meanwhile, they have families to feed, so they have no choice but to work there.

Plus, they’re probably hoping for a big fat bonus in exchange for their loyalty, once all this is over.