The recently revealed list includes, among others, the suspected Russian billionaire Boris Iosifovich Mints, the Chinese indicted Liu Zhongtian for tax evasion, and the Egyptian Mustafa Abdel-Wadood who “declared guilty of fraud and money laundering and potential in a US court.” years in prison. “
Hundreds of thousands of euros
SP, CDA, PvdA and D66 demand greater clarity from the government on the issue. The House has already asked several times about this matter. The parties want the Netherlands to speak out more clearly in a European context about the passport trade in Malta.
That country sells – legally – passports for hundreds of thousands of euros. This trade is especially attractive for businessmen, who also become EU citizens with the Maltese passport. They do need an address in Malta, those houses are mostly empty.
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