Tag: Mehmet Tasli

New Book Reveals How Maltese Law Enforcement Obstructed Efficient Prosecution Of Pilatus Bank!

Corruption Mark Lagarde - April 16, 2023

A book released in Malta by NGO Repubblika concludes that police officers investigating suspected money laundering at MFSA’s licensed Pilatus Bank were searching for justifications for the decision not to prosecute top bank officials. The author Robert Aquilina exposed how police officers discussed how to justify the decision by Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg not to prosecute Pilatus Bank's former top executives, Antoniella Gauci and Mehmet Tasli.

Pilatus Bank – A Never-Ending Maltese Money-Laundering Case!

Court Cases Mark Lagarde - November 7, 2022

The Maltese Pilatus Bank was at the center of a huge European money-laundering case. It was launched in 2014 by, Seyed Ali Sadr Hasheminejad a/k/a Ali Sadr. The European Central Bank shut the bank down in 2018 after Ali Sadr was arrested by the FBI on charges of breaching sanctions against Iran. Sadr was indicted in the U.S., but finally, the charges were dropped. However, the money-laundering charges in Malta continue. It seems to be a highly political and controversial case!

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