Enough evidence for indictment of former Enemalta financial controller

A court has ruled that there is enough evidence for the indictment of Enemalta’s former financial controller Tarcisio Mifsud, who is charged with corruption in connection with the scandal on the purchase of oil by the corporation. It is being alleged that Mr Mifsud took commissions on oil contracts awarded  to French oil company Total and split the kickbacks with the former petroleum division chief Alfred Mallia, who is also accused of corruption. They are two of seven men charged in court in connection with the oil procurement scandal and both are pleading not guilty to corruption between 1998 and 2003. During today's court sitting, presided by Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit, ETC representative Joseph Saliba exhibited Mr Mifsud’s records of employment from 1974 onwards. Enemalta human resources manager Anthony Bonello said that Mr Mifsud joined the company in 1984 as financial controller and retired officially in February 2004. His last day of work, however, was in October 2003 due to accumulated vacation leave. Mr Bonello exhibited minutes of meetings held between 1998 and 2004 when Mr Mifsud was finance manager. All minutes of meetings held in 2001 were missing. Antoine...