{"id":189193,"date":"2018-03-22T14:06:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/russian-whistleblower-linked-to-slain-maltese-journalist-turns-self-in\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T14:06:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:06:31","slug":"russian-whistleblower-linked-to-slain-maltese-journalist-turns-self-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/russian-whistleblower-linked-to-slain-maltese-journalist-turns-self-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian whistleblower linked to slain Maltese journalist turns self in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Originally published by<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russian-whistle-blower-efimova-linked-slain-maltese-jouralist-caruana-galizia-turns-self-in-athens-greece-azerbaijan-aliyev-family-\/29112519.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n      RFE\/RL<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Russian whistle-blower linked to slain Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has handed herself in to the police in Greece, saying she feared for her life.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Members of the European Parliament on March 20 issued a statement calling on the Greek authorities to provide Maria Yefimova with protection after she walked into a police station in Athens.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A European arrest warrant was issued for Yefimova in November after she was accused of giving Caruana Galizia crucial information for a report she wrote pointing to possibly illicit links between the governments of Malta and Azerbaijan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Yefimova reportedly told Caruana Galizia that she had seen documents suggesting that 1 million euros ($1.2 million) from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev&#8217;s family had found its way into an account held by Michelle Muscat, the wife of Malta&#8217;s prime minister.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Joseph Muscat and his wife have denied accusations that the money was transferred to Michelle Muscat from the Aliyev family through Egrant Inc, a secret offshore firm in Panama.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The European Parliament statement described Yefimova as &#8220;an important witness for investigations into corruption and money laundering in Malta.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She fled Malta last year, saying she feared for her life and family. Authorities in Malta and Cyprus have issued arrest warrants for her, but for different reasons.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Maltese warrant is based on an accusation by Malta-registered Pilatus Bank that she stole from the bank, which is her former employer and it at the center of the corruption allegations. She denies it and has counter-sued the bank.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Cypriot arrest warrant is based on a similar embezzlement claim by Cyprus-based Fragrance Distribution, where she worked before moving to Malta. She also denies that allegation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Greece must decide whether it will extradite Yefimova to either country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek member of the European Parliament, said that &#8220;her possible extradition to Malta would seriously jeopardize her life&#8230;. The arrest warrant against Maria Yefimova is based on ridiculous accusations by Malta&#8217;s authorities.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kouloglou said he had been helping Yefimova with an application for residency in Greece.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ana Gomes, a Portuguese member of the European Parliament, demanded that EU states give her whistleblower status and grant her &#8220;asylum or international protection, since she is at serious risk.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bombing in October 2017. Three men have been charged with her murder, but the mastermind behind the attack is still believed to be at large.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    With reporting by dpa, Reuters, AP, BBC, and The Guardian<br \/>\n  <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Yefimova is accused of giving Daphne Caruana Galizia crucial information for a report she wrote pointing to possibly illicit links between the governments of Malta and Azerbaijan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":100239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investigations","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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