The man who blew the whistle on the Transport Malta driving licence corruption racket has begun testifying in the compilation of evidence against three former officials accused of corruption
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The man who blew the whistle on the Transport Malta driving licence corruption racket has begun testifying in the compilation of evidence against three former officials accused of corruption.
The man, who was referred to by independent politician Arnold Cassola by the pseudonym “Aziz,” addressed Magistrate Rachel Montebello’s courtroom on Thursday, via a video link at his request, for his own safety, as the case against former TM officials Clint Mansueto, Raul Antonio Pace and Philip Edrick Zammit continued.
The whistleblower had sent an email to the police in 2020 to inform them of the racket. His email had led to the investigation which landed the defendants in the dock, accused of accepting bribes in return for helping particular candidates to pass their driving test.
Aziz had told the police that he was often engaged as an interpreter to assist the non-English speaking candidates in their theory test. He was supposed to read out and translate questions for the benefit of the candidates, but claimed that Mansueto had asked him on several occasions to guide particular candidates, who had been earmarked for special treatment by ministries or the Office of the Prime Minister, to the correct answer.
Aziz had applied to the court for authorisation to testify, which was...
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