10 Arrested For Murdering Journalist With Bomb

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

10 suspects have been arrested for murdering Daphne Caruana Galizi, the Maltese journalist who had participated in the investigation into the Panama papers.

The 53-year-old communicator had exposed the links of a small country with networks dedicated to hiding fortunes. His investigations involved the wife of the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, who was involved in various businesses based in so-called tax havens. Members of the government, who were also accused of having hidden businesses or accounts, were also splattered.

Earlier today, it was Muscat himself who said at a press conference that eight people, all Maltese and mostly with criminal records, had been detained in different operations in three different parts of the island. Just a few hours later, he reported on Twitter that the number of detainees had risen to ten.

The Guardian reported that this joint police and military operation was the first major advance for the investigation of the murder of this journalist who frequently denounced the corruption of the authorities of this Island, and that this could be the largest operation of this kind in history. of this Island. The same media reported that this investigation had the help of experts from the FBI, Europol and the Finnish and Dutch security services.

Muscat, who was a frequent target of Caruana Galizia's complaints, along with other members of his inner circle, said he could not elaborate on the arrests, suspects, or evidence against them, but offered his "personal commitment" to that those responsible for the massacre would be found, since he reported that the authorities now have 48 hours to question the suspects and accuse or release them.

The reporter's son, who also works in journalism, told that British newspaper that both he and his family were "in the dark" regarding these arrests and that they had not been given any additional information beyond a phone call. A judge's office after the arrests were made public.