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Many trustees/CSPs have received an email from the MFSA's Financial Crime Compliance Supervisory function on 27th April 2020 requesting that they complete a questionnaire on Financial Crime.

In a judgment delivered on Friday 12th June 2020, the Civil Court, First Hall (the 'Court') found that a pedestrian was solely responsible for a traffic accident, as a result of ...

The Maltese subsidiary legislation regulating the Processing of Personal Data by Competent Authorities for the Purposes of the Prevention

On the 8 October 2018, the Constitutional Court handed down its decision in Thake et vs Electoral Commission et. The main issue in this case was whether the procedure laid down in the Financing of Political Parties Act ...

Under the Maltese Civil Code, damages may be awarded for either tortious liability or contractual liability.

At the height of the COVID-19 international crisis, EUROPOL released a report titled ‘Pandemic Profiteering: how criminals exploit the COVID-19 crisis'. At a time when Member States of the European Union are predominantly preoccupied...

On Thursday 29th April 2021, the Council of Europe's Anti-Money Laundering committee voted in favour of a final report on Malta's AML and terrorism- financing safeguards.

The recent decision to start allowing Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) onboard Maltese registered vessels immediately raised legal questions spanning across local legislation, international law, insurance and liability and jurisdiction.

In part one I discussed how piracy has affected the maritime industry and BIMCO’s newly published GUARDCON (Standard Contract for the Employment of Security Guards on Vessels).

A European Union national previously convicted and incarcerated for trafficking drugs challenged the decision given under the authority of the Director of Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs which had effectively limited his right to freedom of movement ...

Due to growing public consciousness regarding the subject of artwork and cultural property plundered in times of war and colonialisation

Over the past few months the topic of extradition has been a very topical one and this has led to discussions on amendments to the applicable legislation in Malta.

August marks the anniversary of two famous art thefts: that of the Mona Lisa by da Vinci from the Louvre and that of the portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Goya from the National Gallery in London.

A new legislation has been implemented regulating Pet Sitters and Dog Establishment Owners in Malta.

On the 31 October 2019, the First Hall in its Constitutional Jurisdiction handed down judgement in Digisec Media Limited v Director General (Consumer Affairs) and Advocate General.

Malta has formally enacted the revised National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act on 14 November 2025, marking a major update to the country's sanctions framework and introducing a suite...

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.

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, ...