Mifsud's co-director at LCILP (London Center of International Law Practice) was Downer's former chief of staff.
Also, LCILP was used by Steele for his FIFA and anti-Qatar work.
PapaD was recuited there, and his trip to Italy was to visit the Link Campus (used for FBI/CIA training).
Takeway - PapaD was a spy recruit in training and was probably in on it from the beginning, and only later figured out he was being used.