In the Press: HSBC 2013 documents on Keith Schembri and Malcolm Scerri were authentic

Times of Malta

Kasco, the company of PM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri is the owning shareholder, won in total 13 contracts from 2004 to 2015, bringing in ‎€362, 000. The contracts were to provide paper to the government printing press. The documentation acquired by the newspaper stresses that Kasco had been awarded these contracts through an open and competitive process, as for 13 of those tenders the company always offered the lowest bid, and bar on one occasion.

L-Orizzont

Despite a growing environment of racism in the country, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has released a report, indicating a complete lack of information about racism and hate crimes. Human rights organisations say it is an embarrassment to the authorities that there is no information or statistics about these hate crimes, or court cases on the topic and the resulting sentencing.

In-Nazzjon

The newspaper gives an overview of the recent Panama Papers scandal, emphasizing the timeline of events. It is clarified that the Panama Papers scandal started on 14 March 2013 with a correspondence between Karl Cini, on behalf of Nexia BT, and Mossack Fonseca about opening a company and possibly a trust. Then on 9 and 15 July 2013 Kondrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri’s companies were opened, respectively.

The Malta Independent

The HSBC confirms the statement released by Keith Schembri and his business associate Malcolm Scerri through their lawyer. Local media had reported that HSBC 2013 documents found in the Panama Papers related to Schembri’s company were the result of an ‘administrative error’ since the Attard branch were they were issued had been closed the previous year.