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9 NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 APRIL 2025 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 WT Global, which owns more than 300 cabs and is Malta's largest cab operator, is current- ly appealing the revocation of its operating licence in court. In January, the company was among several operators whose licences were revoked. A spokesperson for Transport Malta had told MaltaToday at the time that the revocation followed false declarations sub- mitted to the authority, which fraudulently listed addresses as commercial garages. The spokesperson also stated that by 18 April 2025, operators must secure enough public ser- vice garages to park their cabs overnight. Court documents that form part of the company's appeal, show that one of its employees testified that TM had sent offi- cials and an architect to inspect a number of garaging facilities. This followed a meeting be- tween WT Global's represent- atives and senior TM officials, including authority CEO Kurt Farrugia and Head of Enforce- ment Claudio Spiteri, among others. According to the employee's sworn affidavit, the TM offi- cials informed WT Global that an inspection of the company's facilities would take place the following day, 23 January 2025, and that the authority also sug- gested removing a number of garaging facilities from its li- cence in order to comply with regulations. The next day, TM officials and an architect inspected seven of the company's garages, one of which was the site in Kordin. "Both the TM officials and the architect who was with them said that everything looks fine," the affidavit reads. "So much so that they said they didn't under- stand why they had suspended [WT Global's] operations, be- cause everything was regular." The employee further stat- ed that TM officials told him that if they saw the company's cars on the road, they would no longer be stopped. In replies sent to MaltaToday, the Planning Authority said that the case is being investi- gated by its Compliance and Enforcement Directorate, con- firming that the site is already being used as a public service garage. Following MaltaToday's ques- tions, the authority said it also ordered the owner to change the description of the pend- ing application to 'to sanction'. "The authority instructed the applicant to desist from parking Y-plate vehicles in the garage until the application is decid- ed," the PA said. Y Plate cars in garage The building at Kordin PA investigating, TM silent