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5 NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 30 MAY 2021 Il-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja tal-Unjoni Ewropea qiegħda tfittex, permezz ta' sejħa għal offerti, tradutturi esterni. Il-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja tal-Unjoni Ewropea tixtieq tagħti lil tradutturi esterni, fuq bażi ad hoc, ix-xogħol ta' traduzzjoni lejn il-Malti ta' testi ġuridiċi minn ċerti lingwi uffiċjali tal-Unjoni Ewropea: It-talbiet għal informazzjoni bil-posta elettronika għandhom jintbagħtu fl-indirizz FreelanceMT@curia.europa.eu L-avviż ta' kuntratt huwa ppubblikat fil-ĠU 2021/S 101-265581 tas-27/05/2021. Id-dokumenti tal-avviż ta' kuntratt huma aċċessibbli fl-indirizz: https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/freelance Il-Ġermaniż (DE) L-Ingliż (EN) L-Ispanjol (ES) Il-Franċiż (FR) It-Taljan (IT) Il-Pollakk (PL) Projet_annonce_presse_MT_BW.pdf 1 26/05/2021 17:41:00 HSBC HQ HEIST HSBC BALZAN HEIST tify in the proceedings. The HSBC Balzan branch hold-up in which €1 million were stolen and the Casino di Venezia heist from which criminals netted a reported €500,000, remain unsolved. Lawyer David Gatt, who had been implicated as the master- mind of the daring hold-ups, was acquitted of all charges in 2017. However, in a recent request for pardon, the Degiorgio brothers have indicated they are in a position to provide direct information about the involvement of an ex-minister and a sitting minister in the HSBC HQ heist. They have al- so claimed that the ex-minister was also a mastermind in the Caruana Galizia murder. The sitting minister identified by the Degiorgios with the po- lice is OPM Minister Carmelo Abela and police are actively investigating the claims. Abela has denied any involve- ment in the crime or knowledge of the men charged with the hold-up. He has also started libel proceedings against Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi who was the first to out Abela's name. The request for pardon by the Degiorgio brothers was turned down by Cabinet last month in a meeting Abela recused him- self from but the information they claim to have suggests they were part of the same ring involved in the heists. Immunity from prosecution Melvin Theuma has been giv- en immunity from prosecution for his involvement in the af- termath of the following three daring heists apart from the Daphne Caruana Galizia mur- der and involvement in illegal lotteries: HSBC Balzan branch hold-up on 30 November 2007 Armed criminals broke into the building in Balzan's main square, making off with €1 million that were being transferred to the branch ahead of Malta's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2008. Five hooded and armed individuals entered the branch at 12:40pm in a carefully planned hold- up that involved blocking off the main road lead- ing into the square. The case remains unresolved and nobody has ever been charged with the hold-up. Casino di Venezia hold-up on 3 February 2010 At 7:15pm four hooded and armed men alight- ed from a Pajero and entered into the Casino di Venezia on the Birgu waterfront. One of the men stood guard in the reception area, while three made their way to the first hall where the slot machines and gaming tables were. A fifth hooded person was waiting in the Pajero. CCTV footage from inside the casino, obtained by sister newspaper Illum in 2015 showed that the heist lasted 3 minutes 13 seconds. The rob- bers boarded the vehicle and drove to the end of the quay below Fort St Angelo. At that point, they dumped the car in the sea and made off with a speedboat. It is not excluded that a sixth person may have been at the helm of the boat. The stolen sum was never disclosed but it is un- derstood that the robbers made off with almost €500,000 in cash. The case remains unresolved. HSBC main office hold-up on 30 June 2010 At 7:45pm, three armed criminals used elec- tronic access cards to get to the control centre where they over-powered the security guard, an employee of Security Service Malta Ltd, and a police officer on duty. At the time, employees at the cash centre would be finalising the cash de- posits for the day. The hold-up failed when police on patrol no- ticed the waiting getaway car and gave chase. Eventually, the armed robbers walked back out and a shoot-out with police ensued. Police arrested Daren Debono, known as it- Topo, Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, and Fabio Psaila after they sought medical treatment for Debono at a private clinic. Debono had been shot in the jaw during the shootout with the po- lice. All three are awaiting trial. 30 November 2007 Armed criminals broke into the building in Balzan's main square, making off with €1 million that were being transferred to the branch ahead of Malta's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2008. 30 June 2010 At 7:45pm, three armed criminals used electronic access cards to get to the control centre where they over-powered the security guard, an employee of Security Service Malta Ltd, and a police officer on duty.