Magistrate says 17 Black probe should continue... but not as a separate inquiry

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A magistrate has upheld a request for a probe into the Daphne Project revelations that $1.6 million was wired to a "target client" of Panama companies owned by Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi.
However, Magistrate Francesco Depasquale found that although there was enough evidence for a magisterial inquiry into the revelations, he ruled that it would not make sense to have a separate inquiry since there was already a similar money laundering magisterial inquiry under way, being conducted by Magistrate Ian Farrugia.
Magistrate Depasquale therefore ordered that all the documentation and evidence passed on in this latest request be sent to Magistrate Farrugia to be seen in the context of the first inquiry.?
The request was made by former Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil and MEP David Casa who had filed a court application seeking to have Mr Schembri and Dr Mizzi subjected to a magisterial inquiry.
In their application, the two said that the revelations were a "clear example" of money laundering and corruption and must be investigated by the courts.
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