Energy ministry suspends civil servant who accepted Trafigura football tickets

Godwin Sant, formerly head of energy regulation at the Malta Resources Authority, accepted free UK football tickets from the oil giant Trafigura at the behest of oil trader George Farrugia.

18 January 2015, 9:24am
by Matthew Vella

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George Farrugia, in the hearing before the PAC (Photo: Ray Attard)

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MaltaToday on Sunday, 18 January 2015

Civil servant Godwin Sant has been suspended with immediate effect from the Sustainable Energy and Water Conservation Unit pending investigation, the energy ministry has announced.

The announcement comes in the wake of MaltaToday reports published today on Sunday, showing emails in which Sant, formerly head of energy regulation at the Malta Resources Authority, accepted free UK football tickets from the oil giant Trafigura at the behest of oil trader George Farrugia, back in 2007.

Farrugia has a presidential pardon from the State on condition that he reveals the scale of kickbacks he authored for the procurement of oil to Enemalta.

Sant was responsbile for green-lighting fuel consignments by ensuring they fall within state-regulated specifications.

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Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...