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posted by martyb on Thursday October 19 2017, @05:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the beware-when-fighting-city-hall dept.

Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist

The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home. Daphne Caruana Galizia died on Monday afternoon when her car, a Peugeot 108, was destroyed by a powerful explosive device which blew the vehicle into several pieces and threw the debris into a nearby field.

A blogger whose posts often attracted more readers than the combined circulation of the country's newspapers, Caruana Galizia was recently described by the Politico website as a "one-woman WikiLeaks". Her blogs were a thorn in the side of both the establishment and underworld figures that hold sway in Europe's smallest member state.

Her most recent revelations pointed the finger at Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and two of his closest aides, connecting offshore companies linked to the three men with the sale of Maltese passports and payments from the government of Azerbaijan.

Panama Papers. Daphne Caruana Galizia's blog.

Also at BBC and The Washington Post.

Previously: "Panama Papers" Leak Exposes Owners of Shell Companies
"Panama Papers" Compendium
Panama Papers Lead to Resignation of Pakistan's Prime Minister


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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:25PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:25PM (#584900) Journal

    calling people crooks or ridiculing their physical appearance.

    Hmmm, who else have I heard doing the same? I think he was voted into office or something in the USA.

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