Malta court weighs ‘300-year’ cigarette theft fines: constitutional overkill or just deserts?
Court questions constitutionality of €6.7m fines in cigarette theft case A Valletta courtroom became the stage for a constitutional drama this week as defence lawyers argued that €6.7 million in collective fines slapped on seven warehouse workers accused of pilfering cigarettes verged on “cruel and unusual punishment” by Maltese standards. The figure—roughly equivalent to the…
