Former footballers Darren Debono and Jeffrey Chetcuti have been arrested by police in connection with a nationwide anti-smuggling sting operation carried out overnight. Raids targeted Debono and a number of his associates touted to be involved in an international fuel smuggling operation. Baldacchino’s firm, which had provided corporate services to one of the companies implicated in Operation Dirty Oil fuel smuggling ring, was fined €58,900 by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) in October. Darren Debono had been arrested in 2017 with associate Gordon Debono (no relation) and Libya milita leader Fahmi Ben Khalifa. They were suspected of being involved in a multi-million-euro fuel smuggling ring with links to the Italian mafia and Libyan armed groups.

Source: Libya Today November 24, 2020 11:00 UTC