And…Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri and Joseph Muscat are back in the news in Australia
The article says:
Key had attended a CHOGM meeting in Malta last November unaware that senior Maltese government figures were secretly setting up foreign trusts in New Zealand linked to Panama companies operated by Mossack Fonseca.
At the time of the CHOGM meeting Mossack Fonseca was desperately trying to find a bank – any bank – around the world which would open an account for the Maltese energy minister, Konrad Mizzi, and Keith Schembri, the chief of staff to prime minister Joseph Muscat.
Disclosure laws
Even some of the world’s shadiest banks declined, because of the strict disclosure laws to prevent money laundering by political figures.
There had been no such difficulty in setting up trusts in New Zealand.
“Yep. That is why I was trying to front foot it all those months ago,” Treasury adviser Andrea Black emailed a colleague on April 4 about the Malta story.
