The scrapyard owner with ties to organised crime
A dusty side road on the outskirts of Mosta leads to a scrapyard, home to garbage trucks, rusty old skips, and a man suspected of supplying the bomb used to kil
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A dusty side road on the outskirts of Mosta leads to a scrapyard, home to garbage trucks, rusty old skips, and a man suspected of supplying the bomb used to kil
It has been a tumultuous week for the investigation into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Ivan Martin traces through the twists and turns. Monday Early on Monday morning, a cabinet meeting was held at the office of the prime minister. During the confidential meeting, ministers were given details of a deal that had been hashed out between a lawyer representing one of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s alleged assassins and the authorities. According to advice from the State Prosecutor’s office and the police chief, ministers were told Vincent Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, was to pl...
Tuesday’s arrests have exposed a network of men believed to have ordered, planned, facilitated and executed the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. At the top of the pyramid sits business tycoon Yorgen Fenech, who stands charged with having ordered the killing of the prominent journalist in October 2017. Fenech, one of the richest men on the island, is a principal investor in the Electrogas power station project and was exposed as the hidden owner of secret offshore company 17 Black, a suspected vehicle for kickbacks to senior politicians. Caruana Galizia was probing Fenech’s busine...
BBC News Published image captionDaphne Caruana Galizia's assassination shocked Malta Two men have been charged in Malta with supplying the car bomb that killed investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. Robert Agius and Jamie Vella appeared in court on Wednesday and are accused of complicity in the assassination - charges they deny. Another suspect, Vincent Muscat, was jailed for 15 years on Tuesday when he admitted involvement in the murder. Caruana Galizia uncovered networks of corruption in Malta and abroad. Known as a "one-woman WikiLeaks", she was killed aged 53 by a car bo...
VALLETTA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Two men suspected of supplying the bomb that killed Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia faced formal charges in a late-night court appearance under heavy security by armed police.