While the Labour Party in government was busy slinging mud at European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in an attempt to link the Qatargate scandal to her EP leadership, Maltese government ministers were courting Qatari cash.
Two months before President George Vella was tasked to meet Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat, the two billionaire brothers were being sued at the High Court in London by eight Syrians who say they lost homes and businesses and allegedly suffered physical and mental harm because of Al-Nusra’s activities.
Those activities, they say, were being funded by the two Al-Khayyat brothers who own UCC Holding and which Finance Minister Clyde Caruana and President George Vella targeted for investment in Malta.
The claimants say funds were sent through the bank to accounts in Turkey and Lebanon, where cash was withdrawn and taken across the Syrian border to the militants.
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While the Labour Party in government was busy slinging mud at European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in an attempt to link the Qatargate scandal to her EP leadership, Maltese government ministers were courting Qatari cash.
Two months before President George Vella was tasked to meet Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat, the two billionaire brothers were being sued at the High Court in London by eight Syrians who say they lost homes and businesses and allegedly suffered physical and mental harm because of Al-Nusra’s activities.
Those activities, they say, were being funded by the two Al-Khayyat brothers who own UCC Holding and which Finance Minister Clyde Caruana and President George Vella targeted for investment in Malta.
The claimants say funds were sent through the bank to accounts in Turkey and Lebanon, where cash was withdrawn and taken across the Syrian border to the militants.