A Valletta fish restaurant at the centre of money laundering proceedings against Darren Debono’s stepdaughter is still registered on public records in the name of the official lessee. The site of the old Valletta police station was originally leased out to Anthony McKay under a tender to convert the premises into a bar and restaurant. That restaurant, originally named Al Mare, was years later handed down by Anthony McKay to his son Marvin upon retirement and a new lease agreement was drawn up with the Lands Authority, a court was told. The lease on the place, later renamed Scoglitti and subsequently Porticello, was still in the name of Marvin McKay, a senior lands official explained when testifying at the ongoing proceedings against Florinda Sultana who stands accused of money laundering alongside former bank official Albert Buttigieg. Both are facing criminal action over their roles in two fish restaurants, Porticello in Valletta and Capo Mulini in Marsaxlokk, allegedly linked to funds derived from oil smuggling. Both Sultana and Buttigieg were targeted in an extensive police operation last year which cracked down on a €30 million fuel smuggling racket with funds allegedly...