John Dalli charged over alleged €60 million bribery bid

John Dalli, a former Minister of Finance under a Nationalist Party government,  has been charged in connection with an alleged €60 million bribery bid aimed at overturning an EU-wide ban on snus, a form of smokeless tobacco, when he was European Commissioner.

Dalli pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him.

 

File photo: Former European Commissioner John Dalli