Malta

Private jets were a rare pandemic winner in the otherwise decimated travel business. Now that they are coming back down to earth, one heavily indebted operator could give the industry a hard landing, the Wall Street Journal reported. Based in Malta, privately owned VistaJet grew at breakneck speed after 2019 to become the world’s second-largest flier of private jets.
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Genesis Global, a gaming operator that has had difficulty in several jurisdictions, has filed for bankruptcy and is shutting down its headquarters in Malta, casino.org reported. Genesis had to battle a $4-million fine in the U.K., a $5-million fine in Belgium, and a $418K fine in Sweden. All were due to the operator’s inability to properly comply with anti-money laundering (AML) rules and other violations. The company shut off 14 sites from the U.K. market, the largest gaming market in Europe, and parted ways with CEO Ariel Reem earlier this month.

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Malta's Proposed Pre-Insolvency Bill

Malta's Pre-Insolvency Bill (‘the Bill’) is at its second reading in Parliament, Lexology reported. The Bill is being proposed as an Act to partially transpose EU Directive 2019/1023 (‘the Directive’) on preventive restructuring frameworks, on discharge of debt and disqualifications, and on measures to increase the efficiency of procedures concerning restructuring, insolvency and discharge of debt. In short, new legal tools are being provided in a bid to rescue viable businesses in distress from entering into a state of insolvency.

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