Whistleblower tells MEPs of Egrant and PM’s wife
Members of the European Parliament who visited Malta to investigate the state of the rule of law have heard a former Pilatus Bank official reiterate claims that the Joseph Muscat's wife is the beneficiary owner of Egrant, a Panama-based company.
The claims prompted a strong denial from the Office of the Prime Minister, which called the allegations "pure invention."
In an hour-long session behind closed doors in Strasbourg on Monday, Maria Efimova, who fled the island after the last general election, replied to questions by MEPs through a video conference from an unnamed location.
She also passed on various documents to MEPs to sustain her claims.
“It was a very interesting session in which Ms Efimova seemed very credible and convincing,” an MEP who attended the session told the Times of Malta.
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“She did not say anything new that was not already out in the media but she gave us documents and insisted that the Prime Minister’s wife [Michelle Muscat] is the owner of Egrant,” the MEP said.
Asked on the content of the documents, the MEP said that “these are currently being studied by the EP and mainly sustain her...