Former Opposition leader Simon Busuttil on Wednesday tabled a report in Parliament which had concluded that Mr Mizzi should be investigated by the Police for money laundering.

Speaking during the Budget 2019 debate which was considering the Finance Ministry’s estimates, Dr Busuttil said the report noted that 17 Black, from which Dr Mizzi and Mr Schembri were planning to net $150,000 a month, received funds from the LNG tanker company.

Dr Mizzi meanwhile signed the LNG contract personally, when usually it was government officials who did so.

Dr Busuttil also noted that according to the report, attempts by Dr Mizzi and Mr Schembri to open bank accounts abroad took place at the same time of the Enemalta deals, while the two continued trying to open bank accounts abroad until just a few days before Daphne Caruana Galizia exposed them in February of 2016.

Another piece of information that emerged from the report was that Dr Mizzi went to Dubai personally to open a bank account himself and also to China 17 times in less than two years for work purposes.

Dr Busuttil added that Mr Mizzi and Mr Schembri were meanwhile prepared to pay $4,500 in fees to open a bank account abroad when it was free to open one in Malta.

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