Former European commissioner John Dalli unsuccessfully tried to obtain information about an alleged conspiracy against him that led to his sacking, according to a documentary made by two Danish journalists.

The 92-minute investigative feature, which has just been released, was produced by Mads Brügger and Mikael Bertelsen and the BBC. It was made over two years and includes interviews in Malta, the Bahamas and Brussels.

In the film, Mr Dalli, who was forced to resign from the European Commission in 2012 amid allegations of misconduct and corruption, is seen hosting the two journalists at his residence and collaborating with them to pay for a package of documents solicited by an unknown source.

The documents allegedly included incriminating evidence "exposing how John Dalli was to be eliminated" from the European Commission through a conspiracy involving then Commission president José Manuel Barroso and the EU’s anti-fraud-agency head, Giovanni Kessler.

He collaborates with them to pay for a package of documents

Mr Dalli is shown corresponding with a certain Maria Zamora over the “incriminating documents” and authorising the payment of €3,000 via electronic transfer for the information.

“I will regain my life and that of my daughters,” Mr Dalli is filmed telling the two journalists in anticipation of the package.

After initially agreeing that the journalists would pay the €3,000 themselves, Mr Dalli is seen changing his mind a day later, telling them he wants to avoid any possible entrapment.

The two Danish journalists, Mads Brügger and Mikael Bertelsen, who made the documentary about John Dalli, The John Dalli Mystery.

“I decided to inform the Malta police about all this, and I am going to pay the money myself to get the information. Worst case scenario is that if this is a scam, I will lose €3,000. I’ve decided to take the plunge, as if it’s true I will win the lottery,” Mr Dalli says.

He subsequently tells the Danes he did not receive anything and it seemed to him it was all a scam. “No package arrived. Instead, I received a phone call from a certain Dimitri, who asked for another €30,000 and also tried to blackmail me. I am dealing with criminals now, and I will pressure the police to act,” Mr Dalli is filmed saying.

Contacted yesterday, Mr Dalli confirmed the contents of the film and said he had reversed the €3,000 he paid through Pay-Pal.

He complained that despite informing the police, who had the capability to track down those communicating with him anonymously, “I am still waiting for a response”.

Mr Dalli said that at one point, the people he was communicating with spoke in Maltese.

Titled The John Dalli Mystery, the documentary recounts in detail how his case at the European Commission unfolded. The events recorded range from meetings he held with tobacco industry lobbyists to the time when, still a commissioner, he travelled to the Bahamas, accompanied by his daughters, to meet a group of Christian Americans who wanted to invest their life savings in African gold mines.

The film includes interviews with many protagonists, including Silvio Zammit, his former canvasser, who allegedly solicited €60 million from the tobacco industry so Mr Dalli could change the EU tobacco directive, Gayle Kimberly, an associate of Mr Zammit, and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.

In the last part of the film, the two journalists press Mr Dalli on the Bahamas affair, in which a group of Christian Americans accuse him and his daughters of running a scam involving Lady Bird, an American fraudster described as the mastermind behind the affair.

Mr Dalli brushes off his family’s involvement and insists that this was the work of Mr Kessler and Ms Caruana Galizia to destroy him. “They have brainwashed these Christian Americans against me,” he is heard saying.

Mr Zammit was arraigned in December 2012 and accused of bribery and trading in influence.

Mr Dalli was questioned several times by the Malta police but never charged.

John Rizzo, who as police commissioner led the investigations, was removed from office after the 2013 election, soon after Mr Dalli returned to Malta after months of convalescence in Brussels and Germany.

The documentary has been released in Denmark and is available online by clicking here.