Issue link: https://maltatoday.uberflip.com/i/891637
MASSIMO COSTA The mafia is expanding its reach by laundering money from illegal operations into the island under the guise of legitimate businesses, the head of the Italian anti-mafia commission has warned. Rosy Bindi told journalists this afternoon that the Italian mafia was involved in drug traf- ficking, fuel smuggling and also online gaming. WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post PAGE 9 • Editorial WEDNESDAY • 25 OCTOBER 2017 • ISSUE 560 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY 5 3 Mafia seeing Malta as 'a little paradise' PN leader faces salary gap of more than €100,000 REBEL MPs MULL DELIA COUP WILL OPPOSITION LEADER FACE NO CONFIDENCE VOTE? SAVIOUR BALZAN REBEL Nationalist Party MPs may call for a no confidence vote in their leader within the parliamentary group, a move that could trigger a change in Opposi- tion leadership. MaltaToday knows of 11 MPs who would back such a motion while anoth- er four are still undecided. The rebels need 15 votes within the parliamentary group to carry the mo- tion that would effectively rob Adrian Delia of the support he needs to be Op- position leader. If Delia loses the support of a major- ity of MPs on his side of the fence, the President would be expected to appoint someone else who enjoys the backing of a majority of Opposition MPs. If this happens, Delia will remain PN leader but lose his constitutional role as Opposition leader. The Opposition has 30 parliamentary seats, two of which belong to Marlene Farrugia and Godfrey Farrugia of the Partit Demokratiku, and who would very probably align themselves to the new grouping. The prospect of a no confidence vote being raised within the PN parliamen- tary group gained traction after Mon- day's meeting of MPs at PN headquar- ters. MaltaToday is informed that the meeting started off with harsh criticism from PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami. 3 Italian anti-mafia chief warns: