A German request for a European Arrest Warrant for Maltese gaming consultant Iosif Galea was ignored by the head of a police bureau three times, an internal inquiry has found. An inspector who heads the so-called Sirene bureau was identified as the official who ignored the request before Galea was arrested in Italy last May, embarrassingly while he was travelling in the same group as former prime minister Joseph Muscat. The gaming consultant, who is now wanted in Malta over an alleged racket involving leaked information from the Maltese gaming regulator, was arrested by the Italian police because of a German investigation linked to money laundering and tax evasion. Excerpts of the internal inquiry released on Friday night concluded there was no interference from Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà or the top brass for the arrest warrant not to be executed. But administrative deficiencies led the e-mail request from the Germans to be ignored and therefore was not executed by the Maltese police. Sources said it is not yet clear what disciplinary action, if any, will be taken against the Sirene inspector. The Sirene bureau responds to alerts received from other Schengen member states,...