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Newspaper post YOUR FIRST READ AND CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 11 NOVEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 992 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY French secret agents tracked Libya weapons from Balzan house SUNDAY • 11 NOVEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 992 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday SUNDAY • 11 NOVEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 992 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY The MaltaToday view on latest revelations: Mizzi and Schembri must go X Factor's voice of joy SARAH BONNICI Q&A €1.95 17 BLACK Benet from: • Favourable international payments selection and multi-currency credit facilities • Efficient USD settlements, payments and deposit services • International banking support with the expertise of specialised Relationship Managers • Real time settlement opportunities • The use of a secure, versatile and easily accessible digital banking platform • Competitive interest rates • Favourable international payments selection and multi-currency credit facilities • International banking support with the expertise of specialised Relationship Managers • The use of a secure, versatile and easily accessible digital banking platform • Favourable international payments selection and multi-currency credit facilities • International banking support with the expertise of specialised Relationship Managers • The use of a secure, versatile and easily accessible digital banking platform • Favourable international payments selection and multi-currency credit facilities • International banking support with the expertise of specialised Relationship Managers • The use of a secure, versatile and easily accessible digital banking platform FIMBank Business Account Manage your day to day corporate requirements with ease The Business Account is one of the latest in FIMBank's suite of products and has been designed to facilitate the banking requirements of corporates, SMEs and partnerships. 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The Balzan house that served as a base for the French agents was stripped of all its equip- ment by the time court experts and the police vis- ited the place on the even- ing of the plane crash. Images of Libyan terri- tory taken by the aircraft were relayed to a control room in the ordinary- looking house, close to the Infetti football ground. The magistrate leading the inquiry is understood to have collected testimo- ny describing how agents at the house processed "live footage" from the aircraft. Five French agents died when the aircraft they were on, a Fairchild Mer- lin, crashed in Safi shortly after taking off from Gudja airport two years ago. But mystery has shroud- ed the case. An air ac- cident report released by the French authorities last week blamed the accident on lack of maintenance on the aircraft's modifi- cations. But the police have ex- pressed their disapproval at the French report's conclusions. The new information contradicts the Maltese government's official statement at the time of the crash that the five men were operating sur- veillance missions for the French customs depart- ment. PAGES 2-3 EXCLUSIVE REPORT French secret service took evidence from Maltese inquiry KONRAD Mizzi and Keith Schembri's positions are clearly untenable; partly be- cause there is now evidence that they at least intended to commit corrupt acts, and partly also because of their own, consistent denial of facts which are now openly visible. They must be inves- tigated. PAGE 19 EXPLAINER UNRAVELLING THE 17 BLACK MYSTERY PAGES 10-11 2 SUNDAY • malta SUNDAY • mt survey MALTATODAY SURVEY All-time high for Muscat as Delia falters, PN slumps to worst result in 12 months PAGES 14-15 INSIDE Angelo Dalli Malta's AI serial entrepreneur maps out the future PGS 16-17