He was added in 2018 together with Darren Debono, Gordon Debono, Rodrick Grech, Fahmi Ben Khalifa and Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan Ahmed Arafa in connection with a fuel smuggling operation linking Libya, Malta and Italy. A UN probe implicated Micallef in a Malta-based shell company that sold smuggled petroleum products in Europe. The UN investigation reported that Darren Debono used fishing vessels to transport the smuggled fuel out of Libya so that it could be sold in Italian ports. The crime syndicate is also alleged to have involved Maltese businessman Gordon Debono and Sicilian mafia associate, Nicola Orazio Romeo. The Debonos were subsequently charged with money laundering in Malta over wealth allegedly derived from fuel smuggling.

Source: Libya Today November 02, 2022 22:14 UTC