Prime Minister Robert Abela has said he is satisfied with the explanation given to him by Minister Anton Refalo regarding the case involving Totò Riina, Cosa Nostra and the property he rents in Qala overlooking the channel. This follows an investigation earlier this week by Rai journalists, which shed further light on how, during the 1970s and 1980s,
These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Wednesday. Times of Malta reports that legal threats from the government forced MIDI to accept a deal to return Manoel Island, after the company faced the risk of insolvency. The paper also features Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo’s denial of knowing Mafia boss Totò Riina despite
Prime Minister Robert Abela has dismissed links between Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo and Sicilian mafia boss Totò Riina, claiming the minister provided documentation proving the property he leased had no connection to the mobster. Abela insisted on Tuesday that the Nationalist Party should verify facts before "smearing" people, pointing to a 2002
Footage aired by Italian broadcaster RAI shows Anton Refalo saying he does not know who Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina is when approached by a journalist outside a Gozo property he leases. The footage, broadcast on Lo Stato Delle Cose, follows reports earlier this week linking the Qala residence to the late Mafia boss, claims which Refalo has already publicly
The Nationalist Party has urged Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo and Prime Minister Robert Abela to address mounting questions following contradictory claims made by Refalo about a Qala property allegedly linked to mafia boss Totò Riina. In a statement, the PN called on Refalo to clarify a series of contradictions regarding a property in Qala that
Minister Anton Refalo claimed he did not know who Toto Riina was when confronted by an Italian journalist over allegations the notorious Mafia boss had lived in a property he holds title to. The feared Mafia boss, who died in 2017, was at the centre of an investigative programme aired on RAI 3's Lo Stato Delle Cose on Monday night. Riina, who was convicted
Minister Anton Refalo said he did not know who notorious Sicilian Mafia boss Totò Riina was when confronted by an Italian journalist over allegations that a Gozo property he leases had once been used by the fugitive mobster, as civil society group Repubblika accused the minister of evading legitimate questions and demanded full transparency. The issue
Veteran Italian journalist Massimo Giletti says he has new information on Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Anton Refalo, tying him with Italian mafia boss Toto Riina. Giletti, an Italian investigative journalist and TV presenter with over 30 years of experience, took to Instagram addressing the minister directly. Giletti questioned
