MEPs urge Greece to protect Pilatus Bank whistleblower and not send her to Malta

MEPS of different political shades had written to the Greek authorities urging them to give protection to Pilatus Bank whistleblower Maria Efimova, who turned herself in to the police on Monday. "Pilatus Bank, independently of Efimova's testimony, has been exposed as a money laundering outfit for very powerful people in Malta and Azerbaijan. The recent arrest of the Pilatus Bank's Chairman Ali Sadr Hasheminejad in the United States is further evidence of links to criminal activity," the MEPs said in a statement.  Slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia published Ms Efimova’s account, which included details about an alleged $1 million transfer to secret Panama company Egrant from Azerbaijan’s ruling family. Read: Pilatus whistleblower turns herself in to Greek police The Russian national gave herself in to police hours before the Pilatus Bank chairman was arrest in the US on a separate issue. The MEPs said Pilatus Bank’s complicity with persons at the highest levels of the Maltese government and in particular with Keith Schembri, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, is well-established through leaked reports from Malta's anti-money laundering agency. The MEPs said the 'vicious...