Russian source in Maltese scandal surrenders to Greek police

A former bank employee who ignited a political scandal in Malta when she became a source for an investigative journalist who was murdered last year has surrendered to Greek police and been arrested at Malta's request, a senior Greek police official said on Tuesday.

Maltese prosecutors have filed a European warrant for the arrest of Maria Efimova, a Russian who left Malta for Greece last year with her family, on suspicion of embezzlement.

The police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were two arrest warrants against her from Malta for various violations, including embezzlement.

"She was arrested last night and she is expected to appear before a prosecutor," the official said.

Efimova was employed for three months in 2016 by the Maltese-registered Pilatus Bank. The journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, named her as the source of internal...