Malta is a small island nation located in the Mediterranean Sea. The country is known for its rich history, beautiful beaches, and historic architecture.

Harmonisation, transparency and the on-going fight against money laundering offences stems from the efforts to eradicate any loopholes of interpretation to mitigate episodes of money laundering across Member States.

As the various practices employed by criminals to disguise economic benefits from illicit activities continuously evolve, organisations should be well-equipped to manage risks arising from such trends.

Fraud has many faces and it does not distinguish between geography, industry or company size.

Prescription is closely tied to time and can be acquisitive or extinctive. When prescription is "acquisitive", if no action is taken during the prescriptive period, a person may be entitled...

The case Catherine Buhagiar u Frank Buhagiar (the "Plaintiffs") vs. Claudio Caruana u Josephine Caruana għal kull interess li jista' jkollha (the "Defendants") was brought before the Court of Appeal...

Malta conducted its National Risk Assessment (NRA) on Money Laundering (ML) and Funding for Terrorism (TF) in 2018, leading to various reviews by international bodies like MONEYVAL, EBA, European Commission, and IMF.

The establishment and re-assessment of financial crime frameworks and the mitigation of financial crime risk have been at the forefront of numerous discussions taking place not only in Malta...

The Central Bank of Malta has issued new supervisory expectations for payment service providers offering instant payment services, establishing eleven key requirements to combat fraud in the instant payments environment. These expectations address critical areas including transaction monitoring, customer awareness, device registration protocols, and the implementation of automated fraud detection controls.

In a request for a preliminary ruling of an action brought by RS seeking to challenge the duration of criminal proceedings instituted in response to a complaint lodged by his wife, ...

Back in June 2018, legal ambiguity dominated the innovative technology sector.

A Lloyd's List investigation has uncovered a sophisticated fake flag network linked to the same domain, which is issuing fake ship registries and seafarer certificates to sanctioned vessels worldwide.

The case Catherine Buhagiar u Frank Buhagiar (the "Plaintiffs") vs. Claudio Caruana u Josephine Caruana għal kull interess li jista' jkollha (the "Defendants") was brought before the Court of Appeal...

Over 150 years ago, the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote how the human mind can convince itself that committing a crime can be somehow justified by the ‘good’ that such actions can bring to society in general.

Malta has been ranked as the seventh safest small country in the world and 15th overall in a new study by US data analysis firm Value Penguin.

Malta has been ranked as the seventh safest small country in the world and 15th overall in a new study by US data analysis firm Value Penguin.

This was coupled with the increasing popularity of new innovations such as virtual currencies, which have also brought about new regulatory challenges.

While the market is still adapting to Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the European Union (EU) has moved quickly to reshape the payments landscape...

The European Union has reached a compromise on the Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and Payment Services Regulation (PSR), introducing sweeping changes to harmonise payment rules across Member States. The package addresses fragmentation under PSD2 by migrating conduct-of-business rules into directly applicable regulations, while introducing new provisions on cash access, cryptocurrency payment services, fraud liability, and open banking.

In April of 2010, Mr. Roland Darmanin Kissaun (the “Plaintiff”) was approached by a certain Thomas Knott, who was acting as the agent for Turkish shipbuilder MTH Yatcilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret...