Ex-economic crimes inspector guilty of making Mafia threats
Kevin Borg admitted to making mafia-linked threats and was fined €7,000
A former police inspector in the economic crimes unit has been convicted of causing a woman to fear violence when he claimed to be connected to Sicilian organised crime.
In a judgement on Wednesday, a court found Kevin Borg guilty of causing his fiancée's neighbour to fear that violence would be used against her.
The incident happened across several days in April 2021. The victim told the court that Borg had repeatedly approached her home, even in the early hours of the morning, making verbal threats and banging on the door.
He also used threatening language against her and claimed to be a “man of honour” [“uomo d’onore”], a phrase used to refer to members of the Sicilian mafia. He also cited Sicilian family connections.
Borg was recorded on CCTV describing himself as a “bulldozer” and “hardcore”, and that “nobody will touch me”.
He challenged the victim to take the footage to the Mosta Police Station, claiming his connections made him untouchable.
Borg eventually admitted in court to making those statements but claimed that his fiancée at the time, lawyer Rachel Tua, had told him to use this sort of language to “teach [the victim] a lesson”.
Tua denies ever saying that.
In determining the sentence, the court opted for a fine rather than a prison sentence because Borg registered an admission and the crimes were limited to two specific occasions.
However, the magistrate also criticised the five-year delay in the proceedings that left the victims in a “legal limbo” for nearly half a decade.
In the ruling, the magistrate suggested a peremptory time frame within which summary cases must be decided.
She ordered Borg to pay a €7,000 fine and €1,000 compensation to the victim.
A copy of the ruling was also sent to the parliamentary Speaker and the justice minister.
Lawyer Veronique Dalli represented the victim. Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech presided over the case.
Clarification April 22, 2026: Lawyer Rachel Tua told Times of Malta she strenuously denied ever advising the accused to "teach [the victim] a lesson", as he alleged.