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Months into the compilation of evidence against the daughters of former EU Commissioner John Dalli over allegations of money-laundering and fraud, the prosecution has requested a separation of proceedings. Louise Dalli and Claire Gauci Borda, alongside foreigProsecution makes fresh attempt to get Dalli daughters' case moving again
Months into the compilation of evidence against the daughters of former EU Commissioner John Dalli over allegations of money-laundering and fraud, the prosecution has requested a separation of proceedings. Louise Dalli and Claire Gauci Borda, alongside foreign nationals Eloise Marie Corbin Klein, Charles Ray Jackson, Elizabeth Jean Jackson and Robert Mitchell McIvor, are facing charges of money laundering, misappropriation of funds, fraud, making a false declaration to a public authority and the falsification and use of documents. Ms Gauci Borda stands separately charged with breaching the Money Laundering And Financing Of Terrorism Act and with failing to carry out her professional duties as an accountant and auditor. Almost one year since charges were pressed jointly against the six co-accused, no progress has been registered, with proceedings hampered by the fact that two of the persons charged, namely Elizabeth Jean Jackson and Eloise Marie Corbin Klein, have so far never made an appearance in court. At the very start, their lawyer Arthur Azzopardi had informed the court that one of the women had survived a stroke, while the other had mobility problems which impeded both... Read more