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WEDNESDAY • 26 MARCH 2025 • ISSUE 933 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
Investigations by
police uncovered
only seven fake
ID cards in
Identità scandal,
court hears
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Maltese youths most
optimistic about EU
MALTESE young people are the most
optimistic about the EU's future, with
92% expressing a positive outlook –
well above the EU average of 61%.
They are also among the most likely
to see the EU as having a positive im-
pact on their lives.
A newly published Eurobarometer
survey on young Europeans' views on
EU challenges and priorities shows
that 48% of Maltese young people aged
between 16 and 30 are very optimistic
about the future of the bloc, while 44%
are rather optimistic.
This means that 92% of young people
in Malta have expressed some sort of
optimism, compared to 61% of young
people in the EU as a whole.
While 31% of young people in the
EU are pessimistic, only 5% of Maltese
young people are rather pessimistic,
and none are very pessimistic.
The percentage of Maltese young peo-
ple who are 'very optimistic' about the
EU's future is the highest in the bloc.
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MAYA GALEA
mgalea@mediatoday.com.mt
ONLY seven fake ID cards were discovered,
rather than the alleged thousands initially
suggested in connection with the Identità
racket, a court heard on Tuesday.
The compilation of evidence against for-
mer identita' employee Maria Rita Spiteri
and car dealer Bernard Attard, who are
currently facing charges of money launder-
ing, human trafficking, identity theft and
fraud and forgery continued on Tuesday
afternoon.
In the previous sitting, the court heard
that that the alleged fraudsters asked for-
eigners for thousands of euros in exchange
for the false documents.
The prosecution, led by lawyer Manuel
Grech, stated that although the initial alle-
gation suggested thousands of forged iden-
tity cards, police investigations only uncov-
ered seven fake ID cards.
