Embattled Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi wanted to open an account in Dubai, according to fresh revelations made by the Australian newspaper The Financial Review.

Dr Mizzi, the OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and former Allied Group managing director Adrian Hillman were mentioned the report, which comes in the immediate aftermath of the revelation of what are known as the Panama Papers, a vast trove of documents detailing the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous.

“As the clients in Malta (Mizzi and Schembri, acting through their local Mossack Fonseca office) pressed to obtain the documents to set up the Dubai account by August 28, Mossack Fonseca in Panama became concerned that both Schembri and Mizzi were "PEPs", or Politically Exposed Persons,” the Australian newspaper reports.

The full report may be seen here