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11 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 APRIL 2021 NEWS 2016 The Panama Papers February After agreeing to pay $9,000 to open up Bahamas bank accounts that would receive the 17 Black and Macbridge payments, Mossack Fonseca sends Nexia BT opening forms requiring Schembri and Mizzi's signatures April The Panama Papers are published on April 3 Prime Minister Joseph Muscat removes energy and health portfolio from under Konrad Mizzi. He however retains the responsibility of seeing through the implementation of the government's energy plans May - June 17 Black receives €4.6 million from the Montenegro Wind Farm deal 17 Black transfers €1 million to Dow's Media, also linked to Chen Cheng 2017 Election year January Socar says Electrogas, in which it holds a 33% stake, has been chosen as Enemalta's partner after a fair and open tender process, and that it had submitted a "competitive and attractive" bid.The European commission says it was made aware of the pricing details and raises no objections and approves the deal. The agreement with Electrogas Malta means that the consortium will supply electrical energy and gas to Enemalta for 18 years February In a very cryptic post on her blog, Daphne Caruana Galizia pastes the words '17 Black Dubai' below the photos of Keith Schembri, John Dalli, Joseph Muscat and Konrad Mizzi Caruana Galizia elaborates on 17 Black and describes it as "the company which those crooks use to move money in and out of Dubai". She also says that the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit and the Police Commissioner know all about 17 Black March Former police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar says there is no need to open up an investigation into Schembri and Mizzi April Electrogas starts feeding energy into Malta's electricity grid Regular deliveries begin after facilities at Delimara were built. 1 May The Daphne murder plot begins Months before the general election, Yorgen Fenech meets Melvin Theuma near the Blue Elephant restaurant in the Hilton, St Julians, and asks him whether he knows George Degiorgio because he wanted "to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia" Fenech says the journalist was going to publish information tanker (Orion Engineering, owned by Mario Pullicino) wires $200,000 to 17 Black August Electrogas: State guarantee shoots up to €360 million to cover a €450 million loan taken by the company Konrad Mizzi says guarantee will be in place for 22 months November Azerbaijani national Rufat Baratzada wires $1.4 million in two transactions to 17 Black Cifidex receives €3 million from 17 Black December Target Clients Mozera Wind Farm Karl Cini sends email to Mossack Fonseca providing info on payments that will be made to Mizzi and Schembri's Panama companies 17 Black and Macbridge named as target clients of the Panama firms, with €150,000 to be paid in monthly instalments Cifidex purchases €2.9 million worth of shares from Fersa Renovables for Mozera Wind Farm Enemalta purchases the shares from Cifidex for €10.3 million Made with 2 June The €360 million loan guarantee given to Electrogas secretly extended on the eve of the election after Electrogas fails to secure long-term funding by stipulated deadline 4 June The election result is out and the PL wins by a historic majority After putting the murder plan on hold before the election, Yorgen Fenech calls Melvin Theuma on the day of the election and tells him to get on with it Yorgen Fenech pesters Melvin Theuma repeatedly over the summer to get the assassination over with because he feared that Caruana Galizia was going to publish the information 4 September BOV notifies government of Malta that Electrogas is bankrupt - it's already burned through €600,000,000 and is not even running Daphne Caruana Galizia is assassinated with a powerful car bomb on 16 October November Enemalta agrees to let Electrogas pay the €18 million in damaged owed to it in 18 years' time On 29 November, former energy minister Konrad Mizzi insists that a delay in securing a security of supply agreement is down to voluminous financing documentation Melvin Theuma says that around this date, the Degiorgio brothers and Vince Muscat are tipped off about a massive police raid that is to happen around the 5 December December 4 December A massive police raid on the Marsa potato shed leads to the arrest of the George Degiorgio, Alfred Degiorgio and Vince Muscat 15 December Konrad Mizzi and Yorgen Fenech sign the "Security of Supply Agreement" Based on that agreement, international banks extend the loan to Electrogas Late December EGM discovered a breach to its IT systems in late December 2017, and subsequently reported this criminal offence to the police 2018 Betting on 17 Black February FIAU receives transaction information from Latvia about 17 Black, in connection to $1.4 million transfer from Rufat Bartzada 18 April Electrogas admitted "a possible" IT breach The Daphne Project had confirmed it had been working on a cache of 680,000 documents from the energy company September 17 Black account at Noor Bank is frozen 9 November Times of Malta and Reuters reveal 17 Black is owned by Electrogas director Yorgen Fenech 18 November Melvin Theuma calls Yorgen Fenech 28 times after media announces murder mastermind suspects have been identified Summer Made with Joseph Muscat and Konrad Mizzi Caruana Galizia elaborates on 17 Black and describes it as "the company which those crooks use to move money in and out of Dubai". She also says that the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit and the Police Commissioner know all about 17 Black March Former police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar says there is no need to open up an investigation into Schembri and Mizzi April Electrogas starts feeding energy into Malta's electricity grid Regular deliveries begin after facilities at Delimara were built. 1 May Prime Minister calls for a snap election The Daphne murder plot begins Months before the general election, Yorgen Fenech meets Melvin Theuma near the Blue Elephant restaurant in the Hilton, St Julians, and asks him whether he knows George Degiorgio because he wanted "to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia" Fenech says the journalist was going to publish information about his uncle Ray Fenech, chairman of the Tumas Group. Made with 2019 Yorgen Fenech in the spotlight January Dow Media and Macbridge are dissolved within a week of each other November Yorgen Fenech resigns from various directorships, including Tumas Group and Electrogas He tells Melvin Theuma to delete all correspondence between them 23 November Yorgen Fenech requests pardon 26 November Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri resign from their posts 1 December Joseph Muscat announces that he will resign on 12 January 2020 21 September Government announces the decision to set up a public inquiry into Daphne's murder 20 November Yorgen Fenech is arrested on his yacht as he tries leaving from the Portomaso Marina He is taken in for questioning and is identified as a "person of interest" in the Caruana Galizia murder investigation 13 January Robert Abela becomes the new Prime Minister The domino effect 23 June Ian Abdilla removed from his post as chief of the Economic Crimes Unit Angela Gafa is appointed Police Commissioner 15 August Attorney General Peter Grech resigns 27 August Court hears what Yorgen Fenech told police during interrogation: Keith Schembri paid €80,000 for Daphne's murder 14 December Keith Schembri testifies in front of public inquiry He defends his role in creating offshore networks, and admits to having business plans with 17 Black, although they never materialised He claims that there is no link between Electrogas and 17 Black 2021 23 February Vincent Muscat pleads guilty to Daphne's murder, gets 15-year jail sentence 20 March Keith Schembri is charged with corruption, together with Brian Tonna, Karl Cini and Adrian Hillman 23 March Degiorgio brothers request pardon to reveal ex-minister's involvment in murder The mighty fall Made with Labour swindle? scandals that have peppered the Muscat administration, expertly compiled by Nicole Meilak and Karl Azzopardi

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