Criminal charges recommended in Malta government corruption

The wide-ranging review centred on the awarding of a government contract to run a gas power station

A judicial inquiry into bribery and corruption at the highest levels of Malta’s previous government has completed its work and made recommendations of criminal charges.

The investigating magistrate, Charmaine Galea, is understood to have completed her inquiry into corruption allegations concerning a wide array of individuals, including the former government energy minister, the chief of staff to former prime minister Joseph Muscat, and a businessman awaiting trial for allegedly masterminding the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.