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16 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 OCTOBER 2025 NEWS C M Y CM MY CY CMY K HPDP Influwenza AD Newspaper_20Oct_AW X2.pdf 1 21/10/2025 12:05 Adrian Delia no longer investigated by police over money laundering claims ADRIAN Delia is no longer the subject of a police investigation over money laundering claims linked to the time he practiced as a lawyer. The Nationalist Party MP was informed by the police Financial Crimes Investiga- tion Department that he is no longer re- garded as a suspect. In a letter from the police, seen by Mal- taToday, Delia was told: "You are hereby informed that the investigation relating to you has been concluded. Accordingly, unless further evidence or information becomes available, no further police ac- tion is anticipated. Accordingly, you are not regarded as a suspect in this matter." The case concerns allegations that go back as far as 2017 about Delia's work as a lawyer for a client who bought a flat in London's Soho area and rented it out for use as a brothel. The whole incident happened happened two decades earlier when Delia was not even involved in pol- itics. Nonetheless, the allegations were part of the pressure that eventually led to Delia's ousting from PN leader back in 2020. Delia had always denied any wrong- doing and insisted his involvement was solely that of a lawyer representing a client. Subsequently, media reports had revealed that Delia was subject to an in- vestigation by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, which passed on its find- ings to the police. In September 2022, Delia had written to the police commissioner asking whether he was the subject of a police investiga- tion since he had never been called in for questioning. Now, three years later, Delia received his reply informing him that he was no longer considered a suspect and no ac- tion would be taken against him. In a Facebook post, Delia said the truth had finally emerged. "Today I cried, alone. After seven years of lies, allegations, manipulation, and cruel actions, at long last the letter I've long been waiting for has arrived… I have always said that I never carried out mon- ey laundering; that concerning the Lon- don property I was only a lawyer; never broke the law; was never involved in any illegality; I have, for years protested my innocence, requesting action so that the truth can emerge," he wrote. Delia add- ed: "Now the truth has emerged. Two years ago, Malta won. Today the truth has won." KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt PN MP Adrian Delia says the 'truth has won' after police inform him that he is no longer the subject of an investigation over money laundering allegations made seven years ago