Staff at the Companies Registry were yesterday unable to trace the files for Estama Investments, registered as an EPZ company, and Life Care Medics. It was not immediately possible to get an input from the Attorney General, who is the head of the State Law Office, relating to the missing files. In another failed attempt to get details of sampled companies, an officer from the Registry said the missing files may have been displaced before offering to locate them herself. Reforms undertaken at the Companies Registry, a department at the office of the AG, which include digitisation of records were anticipated to tackle the "lost files" menace and enhance transparency. Missing company files have in the past frustrated investigations into major corruption scandals even slowing the progress of court proceedings.

Source: Standard Digital October 27, 2016 19:40 UTC