The police have searched an office at the Health Ministry that was occupied by a former employee who was allegedly involved in a medical visas racket, the Times of Malta has learnt. The search was made last week by officers probing reports that Neville Gafà had been procuring medical visas for Libyan nationals against payment. The Sunday Times of Malta reported that Mr Gafà allegedly charged Libyans a €2,500 monthly fee to secure documents, treatment and accommodation, along with an additional €100 charge per patient. According to a whistleblowing letter signed by lawyer Leslie Cuschieri on behalf of Libyan Khaled Ben Nasan, Mr Gafà coordinated the operation for about a year and three months, "until this way of applying for a visa was stopped". The letter claims that Mr Gafà later ran a new medical visa application process whereby Libyans would send their passports in advance and he would charge different prices for obtaining the visa. The whistleblower alleged Mr Gafà had been given more than 42 Libyan passports to apply for visas and organise hospital stays, raking in up to €38,000. It was further claimed that Mr Gafà had been asked to refund the misused funds to the Libyan...
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