THE EYES OF THE WHOLE WORLD ARE ON MALTA. Social and economic issues of a Country

Index: Introduction FIAU role in the Maltese legal system. Analysis of the operational models of UIF and FIAU, two authorities with the need for cooperation. Criticalities and solutions. The European project INTERREG III. Compliance culture and conclusions.     Introduction. Malta represents a financial “jewel” for whole Europe, of course; so much so that the estimate made by the Maltese financial authority (MFSA, The Malta Financial Services Authority), before the covid-19 period, had declared a positive trend with real GDP growth for the 2017-2018 two-year period of almost 7% and with an inflation of 1.5%; the subsequent evaluations instead for the three-year period (2019-2021) p...