12 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 NOVEMBER 2020
NEWS
PAUL COCKS
THE new head of the police's Financial Crimes
Investigations Department (formerly the Eco-
nomic Crimes Unit), says her unit has managed
to succesfully prosecute cases of money launder-
ing despite the difficult nature of such investi-
gations.
Arraignments on major fraud and money laun-
dering, even when perpetrated by prominent
people and politically exposed persons (PEPs)
need to be investigated carefully because their
digital nature implies that evidence can be very
hard to come by, Assistant Commissioner
Alexandra Mamo said.
And although some might think that only peo-
ple accused of relatively "more innocuous" fraud
and money laundering are brought up in front
of a magistrate, her unit was not simply chasing
the small fry.
'We're in the
middle of a
tsunami, but I
want to bring
the ship to port'
The new Financial Crimes
Investigation Department made
headlines with the arrest of Konrad
Mizzi and Keith Schembri for
interrogation. AC Alessandra Mamo
heads the unit which she says is
determined to make headway on
financial crime
