A Health Ministry official ran a medical visa racket chargingLibyans thousands of euros to get into Malta, a whistleblower has claimed. The official, Neville Gafa, allegedly pocketed the funds, amounting to nearly €38,000, and purchased a BMW, according to a letter sent to then-health ministerKonrad Mizzi back in April. The government said yesterday that the matter was being investigated. Mr Gafa denies the allegations. The letter, leaked to The Sunday Times of Malta, details how Mr Gafa was allegedly charging Libyans a €2,500 monthly fee to secure medical visas, treatmentand accommodation, along with an additional €100 charge. Back in November 2015, this newspaper reported on the extraordinary number of medical visas issued that year and how police had received serious allegationsof abuse. More than 600 medical visas allowing Libyan citizens to come for treatment in Malta were issued in the first half of 2015, a far cry from the 252 issued in 2011, whenthe Libyan conflict was at its peak. According to the leaked letter, signed by lawyer Leslie Cuschieri on behalf of Libyan Khaled Ben Nasan, Mr Gafa coordinated the operation for around a year andthree months, "until this way of...
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