Police could be called into Ta' Kandja shooting range probe

The police could be called in to investigate the conclusions of a National Audit Office probe into how €13 million worth of direct orders were approved for the building of the national shooting range in Ta’ Kandja.
Sources close to the ongoing NAO audit told Times of Malta there were indications that public procurement laws had been broken and that the police economic crimes unit might be needed to investigate further.
The probe was honing in on the management of Sport Malta – the government agency responsible for the multimillion-euro project – at the time of the issue of some 25 direct orders, sources said.
Almost all the works involved had been issued to companies without any form of competition, as public procurement rules demand.
“The audit of this massive project will be out soon,” a source said.
“Some people might be surprised as findings clearly indicate that more investigations may be necessary, including of a criminal nature.”
The probe began during the summer and focuses on the methodologies used in the procurement of almost all the services that were required to build the shooting range.

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