Businessman on trial in Malta over prominent journalist’s murder
Summary
Yorgen Fenech, a Maltese businessman, is on trial for the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was investigating corruption. Prosecutors say Fenech hired people to carry out the bombing that killed her.Key Facts
- Daphne Caruana Galizia was an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb in Malta in 2017.
- She was investigating corruption linked to an offshore company called 17 Black.
- Yorgen Fenech, owner of 17 Black, was arrested in 2019 near Malta while trying to flee.
- Fenech is charged with ordering the murder and is currently on trial.
- A former taxi driver, Melvin Theuma, confessed to hiring the bombers for $170,000 from Fenech.
- Three men who carried out the bombing have pleaded guilty; two suppliers of the bomb received life sentences.
- Daphne’s murder caused mass protests and the resignation of Malta’s then-prime minister Joseph Muscat.
- A 2021 public inquiry blamed the Maltese state for failing to prevent the murder due to a culture of impunity.
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