These are the main stories featured in today's newspapers:

Times of Malta reports that a unit set up in 2015 to trace and recover the proceeds of organised crime has not become operational. It also reports that the world-renowned chain Marriott International will acquire the Le Méridien St Julian’s Hotel & Spa in the coming months.

The Malta Independent quotes the Animal Welfare Commissioner saying that snail poison pellets had been used at Ta' Qali. It also quotes a report confirming that there will be more pensioners and fewer workers in future. 

L-oriżżont says there was pressure on the Nationalist Party to carry out a fresh tax audit on its deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami. It also quotes the General Workers' Union general secretary saying that the EU should eliminate economic models which were leading to inequality among its citizens. 

In-Nazzjon quotes party leader Simon Busuttil saying the EU should act against corruption. It also reports on the aftermath of a gas incident in Msida which left a foreign man dead.

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