Nothing can be discussed in person that can’t be discussed over the telephone
Eloise Marie Corbin is a persona non grata in Cyprus after pulling a major financial scam which brought down the Bishop of Limassol in 1998. That’s why she couldn’t fly out to John Dalli in Cyprus and he had to fly out to her in the Bahamas instead that urgent weekend in July.
The gaping hole in John Dalli’s excuse that he flew all the way to the Bahamas from Cyprus and back in 48 hours to give some essential pro bono advice about a charity project is this:
nothing can be discussed in person that can’t be discussed over the telephone.
We can take it as read that he didn’t go through all that expense, physically-destructive hassle and risk of exposure to censure from his European Commission bosses just to have a face-to-face conversation.
There is only one reason why he would have needed to go there in person and couldn’t avoid doing so: to put his signature on documents in a situation that was time-critical by 24 hours.
Having somebody fly from the Bahamas to Cyprus, there to collect Dalli’s signature, and back to the Bahamas with the documents would have taken at least 48 hours, just as the reverse trip took Dalli. By flying out himself, he cut that by 24 hours.
There is another explanation, of course, as to why Mary Swan/Eloise Marie Corbin (the woman Dalli had dealings with in the Bahamas) could not fly out from the Caribbean to Cyprus herself with whatever it was she wanted to ‘talk’ to Dalli about.
Under the name of Nina Petros, she had been arrested and prosecuted in Cyprus in 1998 for pulling off a financial scam which brought down the Bishop of Limassol.
Mary Swan/Eloise Marie Corbin/Nina Petros is a persona non grata in Cyprus. She couldn’t go to Dalli there, so Dalli had to go to her in the Bahamas.
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Therefore, he knew.
She must have explained to Dalli why she couldn’t enter Cyprus. So he knew.
Who’s scamming who?
How far back does their connection go?
Johnny’s going down. That Bermuda Triangle is a bitch.
The Bermuda Triangle sucks.
The Bermuda Triangle is added to the list of ‘persons’ harassing John Dalli,
I know of no other Maltese consultant operating like Dalli, flying to Bahamas simply to discuss/set up a trust business and returning in 48 hours. There must be very good reason(s) why he had gone all that trouble of such a very long flight.
Forty eight hours on, and still not a peep from Prime Minister Joseph Muscat about this new and scandalous development in John Dalli’s dealings.
John Dalli has finally managed to get even with Lawrence Gonzi: Dalli is now de facto prime minister of Malta, leader of the Labour Party and, given the absence of comment by the PN on the matter is also exerting some power within that party as well.
There’s one big word written on his forehead: LIAR.
The more I read your blog-posts regarding this Dalli-Bahamas affair the more I feel the need to say THANK YOU.
Were it not for your incisive investigations and analysis most of us would have been at a loss to make heads or tails of this complex and shameful saga.
He doesn’t lie because he is a compulsive liar but to hide his dealings. The guy is corrupt and the authorities should get off their fat arse and bring him to justice.
Everybody seems to have forgotten how is brother made a quick buck with the selling off Mid Med. And the guy is a priest ghal gieghhna. Not to mention John Dalli’s business ventures in corrupt Libya during Gaddafi. He even wanted to swindle the Commission of a few thousand euros for his flight to the Bahamas.
Wake up Mr Police Commissioner, if you want to be credible