Police: Silvio Zammit said payments had to be made directly to his 'boss' - Bail granted

Updated - Adds evidence by Assistant Police Commissioner Michael Cassar Iosif Galea, a witness in the case against Silvio Zammit said in court today that he had heard the Sliema businessmen mention the sum of €60 million during a phone conversation with Inge Delfosse, the secretary-general of the European smokeless tobacco council (ESTOC). The sum is the same as the bribe which prosecutors claim that Mr Zammit asked for from ESTOC and Swedish Match in return for using his influence on John Dalli to ift a ban on smokeless tobacco (snus) - which can only be sold in Sweden under current EU rules. Iosif Galea was giving evidence in the case instituted against Mr Zammit, 48, from Sliema, who is pleading not guilty to bribery, trading in influence and relapsing. Later in today's sitting, Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Cassar said Mr Zammit had, in phone calls, said that payments had to be made directly to his boss anywhere in the world. Mr Zammit was investigated by local police following a probe by the EU Anti Fraud Agency, Olaf, which, in October, forced the resignation of Mr Dalli from the European Commission. During the same sitting this morning, Police Assistant Commissioner...