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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11787
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

German authorities open investigation into 2000 alleged offshore companies in Malta

Diplomatic relations between Malta and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia encountered tension this week, after the German authorities announced the launch of an investigation into nearly 2,000 phantom companies in Malta, some with links to major German groups and under suspicion of fraud.

At the end of April, North Rhine-Westphalia was anonymously sent a CD of data including a list of 77,000 companies registered in Malta. “For a long time, there have been indications that there...

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