About 30 employees of BetuniQ  have gathered outside the offices of the Malta Gaming Authorities in Mrieħel to protest, after two months of not receiving their salary.

An employee who spoke to The Malta Independent explained that 80 of the employees last got their wage in June.

The company forms part of Uniq Group Ltd, one of the gaming companies which had their assets seized as part of  a clamp-down by Italian police on illegal gaming activities and money laundering linked the the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta'.

The Malta Gaming Authority had suspended the licenses of the Uniq Group Ltd and  Betsolution4U Ltd, firms which had been  operating in Malta since 2011.

"MGA explained its position to the Uniq Group employee representatives making it clear that even though the MGA is sympathetic to the employees' situation, the Authority's regulatory remit in the circumstances is to protect players' funds and doesn't have the competence nor the remit to decide whether or not employees of the company should be paid," a spokesperson for the authority said. 

Photos: Michael Camilleri