Carmelo Borg Pisani (10 August 1915[a] – 28 November 1942) was a Maltese artist and Italian Fascist spy, condemned to death for treason in 1942.

[4] Born into a Maltese Nationalist family in Senglea on 10 August 1915,[a] Borg Pisani enrolled as a student at the pro-Italian Umberto I art lyceum in Valletta.

As Director, Borg Pisani took part in the publication in exile of the irredentist newspaper Malta, which had been forbidden by the British colonial authority.

[10][11] On 18 May 1942, Borg Pisani volunteered for an espionage mission to Malta, to check British defences and help prepare for the planned Axis invasion of the island (Operation Herkules).

On 12 November 1942, he stood trial under closed doors in front of three judges, headed by Chief Justice of Malta Sir George Borg, and defended by two lawyers.

The petition for clemency was denied with a note stating that the Governor "sees no reason to interfere with the course of the law".His execution by hanging took place at 7:30am on Saturday, 28 November.

[7] According to Mark Harwood, Borg Pisani might have been betrayed by the Italian Fascists themselves, who by sending him alone on an espionage mission to Malta (where he was very likely to be captured and executed) could have been looking for a propaganda coup against the British with the Maltese population at the height of the war — but the plan did not work.

[15] After his death, inside his own jail was found written by him: "I vili ed i servi non sono graditi al Signore" (The cowards and the servants are not esteemed by the Lord).

[18] Requests have been made by his family and the Italian government to exhume his body and give it a burial outside prison grounds, but so far not acceded to.

On the other hand, many others view him as a patriotic hero who wanted the very best for Malta by breaking free from British rule and unite the island with Italy.

Norman Lowell, the leader of the far-right political party Imperium Europa, is known to be a staunch admirer of Borg Pisani.