There are convictions against 2 gang members liable for the car detonation – traps in which Maltese writer Daphne Caruana Galizio was murdered 8 years ago – reported the European writer Federation. The organization reported that convictions for Robert Agius and Jamie Velli, issued by the jury in La Valletta on June 5, are a breakthrough in the fight against the long-term impunity of criminals.
The investigation of the alleged organizer of the assassination of a writer is inactive ongoing. Her household and friends have repeatedly called for an accelerated procedure.
She died due to the fact that she was a journalist.
Sentence came after a six-week trial. However, this happened almost 8 years after the tragic death of a writer on October 16, 2017. 2 men, who are part of the Maltese underground criminal world, were found guilty of acquiring military explosives and delivering them to the hit men who committed the murders.
The Maltese media foretell that 2 more people active in a conspiracy to kill Galizia due to her journalistic investigation will go to jail.
There is inactive no conviction for the alleged payer
So far 5 people have been found guilty of participating in the assassination, 1 individual has confessed to the crime – it is an intermediary who has been pardoned due to the fact that he has given evidence incriminating the individual liable for the assassination of Galizi.
The alleged brain of the assassination of a journalist, Yorgen Fenech, an influential Maltese businessman, is presently awaiting trial. Fenech was released from custody on bail in February 2025.
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