Just in time for the 2026 exams season, Ganado In Session is back with its revision podcast – tailored specifically for first-year law students tackling CRL 1010 – Principles of Criminal Law.

The European Commission ('Commission') has issued a recommendation to Member States that undertakings with links to tax havens (see list)

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.

Bank of Valletta is urging its customers to be vigilant and alert, to spot the various scams currently being circulated locally. Scams are fraudulent activities designed to trick individuals...

Syedur Rahman of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli considers the possible reasons for this.

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...

Corruption remains a pervasive issue across the European Union, casting a shadow over both business and politics.

On the 28 June 2023, the EU Commission published its highly anticipated proposals to innovate its legislative framework for payment services the Second Payment Services Directive...

On 16 September 2026 Malta’s Civil Court (Asset Recovery Section) threw out, in its entirety, a claim by the Asset Recovery Bureau and the Commissioner of Police to confiscate more than half a million euro held on trust. It is understood to be the first time a Maltese court has rejected a non-conviction based confiscation claim after an interested third party stepped in to defend the property.

The EU's proposed third Payment Services Directive ("PSD3"), together with the accompanying Payment Services Regulation ("PSR"), represents a fundamental shift in the legal architecture governing fraud liability in payment...

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.

The Criminal Code has been amended to include provisions regarding fraud against the EU's Financial Interest, thus transposing the ‘PIF Directive'.

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.

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

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...

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.