Court Notices published in Government Gazette No. 21,665 of 11th June 2026

ARB/C063/2026 – SEIZING AND FREEZING ORDER 

IT IS BEING NOTIFIED that by a decree dated 21st May, 2026, given by the Court of Magistrates (Malta) as a Court of Criminal Inquiry (Magistrate Dr Gabriella Vella, LLD). Compilation Number 447/2026, in the case: 

The Republic of Malta 

Versus 

ABDELAZIZ MATTAR, accountant, 22 years, son of Mohamed Abdelaziz Mohamed Hassan Mattar and Rawhia Abdelrahman Aly Mohamed, born in Egypt, on the 26th August, 2003, and residing at  Lianje, Flat 2, Misraħ tal-Madonna Medjatriċi, Ħaż-Żabbar, and holder of a Maltese identity card bearing number 551319L, a Maltese passport bearing number MT308595 and an Egyptian passport bearing number A31067396.

The Court is issuing a ‘Seizure and Freezing Order’ and is seizing, in the hands of third parties, in general, all monies and movable property that are due to, pertain to, or are the property of ABDELAZIZ MATTAR up to the limit of sixty eight thousand, four hundred and eighty seven euro and seventy three cents (€68,487.73). It also prohibits the accused from transferring or otherwise disposing of any movable or immovable property, in terms of Article 23A of the Criminal Code, Cap. 9 of the Laws of Malta and Article 36(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act, Cap. 621 of the Laws of Malta.

The Court is authorising that the accused may, for the duration that this Seizure and Freezing Order remains in force, receive the sum of twenty one thousand, nine hundred and forty five euro (€21,945) per year, provided that the sources, method, and other modalities of payment are first specified, including salary, wages, pension, and social benefits paid to ABDELAZIZ MATTAR.

Any person who acts in contravention of the Court order mentioned in Article 23A and Article 36(1), referred to above shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding eleven thousand, six hundred and forty-six euro and eighty-seven cents (€11,646.87), or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Any transfer or other disposal of any property made in contravention of the said Court order shall be null and without effect at law. 

MS EUNICE GRECH FIORINI

Director, Asset Recovery Bureau