Robert Abela Made €45,000 From Property Deal With Alleged Kidnapper Christian Borg
Prime Minister Robert Abela pocketed €45,000 from a controversial property deal involving alleged kidnapper and car dealer Christian Borg.
The detail, revealed by the Times of Malta, comes following days of Abela avoiding questions regarding the suspicious deal with Borg, who has been charged in connection to an infamous kidnapping and is allegedly under investigation for money laundering.
Abela entered in a deal to buy a stake in a plot of land in Żabbar in 2018, the same day the PA granted Borg a permit to build nine apartments and garages on the land, even though he was not connected to the property.
A few months later, Abela sold their stake in the property deal to Borg, pocketing a €45,000 profit, while Abela was providing legal advice to both the Planning Authority and Borg.
Abela was an MP at the time.
A declaration was also signed by notary Mark Zaffarese, claiming that the property was not linked to money laundering or any form of criminal activity.
Abela has been under pressure over the property deal, which experts have suggested could have been a possible legal loophole to avoid tax exposure.
Borg was recently in the news for being charged with kidnapping, together with five other men, having then been released from Corradino prison on bail.
It was also recently alleged by MP Jason Azzopardi that Borg was involved in a €3 million racket with Transport Malta and LESA officials.
He is also allegedly under investigation for money laundering and drug trafficking.
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