The Nationalist Party has asked the government to explain how a Maltese passport was sold to a Vietnamese MP when she is a politically exposed person, and when holding a Maltese passport breaks that country’s law. In a statement, the PN noted that on Sunday, MP and businesswoman Nguyen Thi Nguyet Huong, 46, was suspended […]

Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday they plan to charge former interior minister Miguel Macedo for his role in a money-laundering scandal linked to “golden” visas, which handed residency permits to wealthy foreigners. The announcement came shortly after Portugal’s National Assembly decided to lift the parliamentary immunity Macedo enjoyed as a member of the centre-right government […]

It is a cliche used from Bond to Bourne: the classic spy image of a suitcase filled with cash and multiple passports for a quick getaway. But increasingly it is not spies that are looking for a second passport, but a growing number of “economic citizens”. Henley and Partners citizenship expert Christian Kalin, who helps […]