Maltese authorities had been sent all the necessary information about the mystery Dubai-based company 17 Black, Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes said on Friday.

17 Black was named in leaked e-mails as one of two companies that would wire millions into Keith Schembri’s and Konrad Mizzi’s once-secret Panama companies.

Both men have refused to say who owns 17 Black.

In a tweet on Friday, Ms Gomes, who is in Latvia as part of a European Parliament delegation, said Latvia’s anti-money laundering agency had sent all the necessary details to the Maltese authorities in February 2018.

The MEP said the information included all details on UBOs [ultimate beneficial owners] and transfers via ABLV, a Latvian bank.

Ms Gomes questioned why the police or attorney general had not pressed charges against the Prime Minister’s chief of staff and the Tourism Minister.

A leaked FIAU report showed how $1.6 million was transferred to 17 Black in 2015, around the time when Mr Schembri and Dr Mizzi were seeking to opening up bank accounts for their Panama shell companies, including in Dubai.

The leaked report revealed how $1.4 million was transferred to 17 Black through ABLV. The company's ultimate benenficial owner was not divulged. 

A further $200,000 was wired to 17 Black by the local agent of the LNG tanker fuelling the power station. 

These funds were sent via a shell company in the Seychelles owned by an Azerbaijani national.

ABLV has been accused of large-scale money-laundering by US authorities.
The bank is currently being liquidated.

In a tweet, MEP David Casa said the Maltese authorities knew who owned 17 Black, yet no action had been taken.

Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar in June refused to comment about whether he stuck by comments that there was no reasonable suspicion to investigate the two men. 

“Any further delay will render our authorities complicit in this crime. This situation must not be allowed to persist,” Mr Casa said in his tweet.