Malta Files

The Malta Files show how the Mediterranean state works as a pirate base for tax avoidance inside the European Union. The investigative work argues that, whule profiting from the advantages of EU membership, Malta also welcomes large companies and wealthy private clients who try to dodge taxes in their home countries.

For months, the EIC network dug into hundreds of thousands of documents that show how Malta operates a tax system where companies pay the lowest tax on profits in the EU.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 22.05.17: Malta surprised by sudden interest in its tax regime https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/137978

Politico, 20.05.17: Malta target for ‘Italian mafia, Russian loan sharks,’ says report http://www.politico.eu/article/malta-target-for-italian-mafia-russian-loan-sharks-says-report/

Times of Malta, 25.05.17: Malta's tax rules 'compliant' with EU legal principles https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170525/local/maltas-tax-rules-compliant-with-eu-legal-principles.648975

Malta Independent, 25.05.17: Malta chairs 'awkward' EU talks on tax dodging http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-05-25/business-news/Malta-chairs-awkward-EU-talks-on-tax-dodging-6736174685

BBC News, 25.05.17: Is Malta really Europe's 'pirate base' for tax? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40026826

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