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Malta’s Former Prime Minister’s Son Named in Mafia and Gambling Investigation

David Gonzi, the son of Malta's former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, has been formally included in an investigation started by Italy's Anti-Mafia Police over the operations of a number of Malta-based gambling companies allegedly run by the mafia.

According to The Times of Malta, Gonzi's name appears multiple times in a 700-page document the investigators submitted last week to the tribunal in charge of the case. In a public statement issued on July 29, Gonzi denied all the accusations and called the report redacted by the Italian authorities "factually incorrect.