Investigating tax evasions cases is being given top priority by the police, Deputy Police Commissioner Alexandra Mamo told a financial crimes conference on Thursday.
Mamo said Malta’s vulnerability to tax crimes carried out by both local and foreigners had led the police to prioritise investigating such cases.
The lack of tax prosecutions was highlighted as one of the main weaknesses that led to Malta’s greylisting by the FATF, a global anti-money laundering body.
Giving a breakdown of recent tax prosecutions, Mamo said there was one prosecution in 2019, seven in 2020 and two so far this year.
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