A police inspector was transferred to another department while planning to arraign top political officials on charges of masterminding a racket at Identità, lawyer Jason Azzopardi has claimed in a sworn application on Friday. The racket allegedly saw the issuing of an estimated 18,000 Maltese ID cards to third country nationals on the basis of fake documentation and false declarations. She described how an official from Identity Malta, as the agency was known then, had called her in 2022 to inquire whether she had sponsored a family member to obtain a residence permit. Identità reminded that it had previously launched an internal investigation which has since been passed onto the police. Identità stated that it does not tolerate any form of abuse, and that it will continue to cooperate with the police.

Source: Libya Today August 02, 2024 12:35 UTC