Wealthy businessman goes on trial over murder of Maltese journalist
Prosecutors say Yorgen Fenech ordered the killing after Caruana Galizia was about to publish a compromising article, and five others have already been convicted.
- On Wednesday, Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech went on trial in Valletta accused of orchestrating the 2017 car-bomb assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech faces charges of complicity and criminal association.
- Prosecutors allege Fenech ordered the killing because Caruana Galizia was investigating his offshore company, 17 Black, which allegedly funneled corrupt payments to Maltese leaders. The journalist was killed by a bomb hidden under her car seat.
- Middleman Melvin Theuma recruited the killers after Fenech allegedly offered 150,000 euros, with 30,000 euros paid upfront and 120,000 euros after the murder. Theuma later confessed his role after receiving a pardon.
- Five individuals have been convicted in relation to the murder, including bomb suppliers who received life sentences in 2025. A 2021 public inquiry concluded the state should "shoulder responsibility" for creating an "atmosphere of impunity."
- Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders wrote that the trial "revives hope that justice will finally be served for a crime perpetrated nearly nine years ago." Proceedings are expected to last several weeks before a jury panel.
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A Maltese tycoon has been charged with paying 150,000 euros for the car bomb that killed a critical journalist.
Maltese tycoon faces trial over Caruana Galizia murder
The Maltese businessman accused of masterminding journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s 2017 murder is in court — seven years after his arrest. Five other men have already been found guilty for their roles in the murder.
Murder case Caruana Galizia: The alleged client is said to have paid 150,000 euros to the murderers to "get out of the way" the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Five men are already in custody for the murder of the investigative journalist Caruana Galizia. The alleged client is now on trial. At the start of the trial, it is known how much money he should have paid for the assassination.
In the trial against the alleged client for the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, the prosecutor's office set out its charges on Thursday. Businessman Yorgen Fenech is said to have commissioned a friend to find people who "clear out" the journalist. According to the platform "Amphora Media" of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, Fenech handed over 150,000 euros in cash to the later murderers via the middl…
Malta puts Yorgen Fenech on trial in landmark Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination case
Nearly nine years after the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia shocked Europe and sparked international outrage, the man accused of orchestrating the killing has finally gone on trial in Malta. The proceedings against businessman Yorgen Fenech mark one of the most consequential moments in the country’s long struggle to confront allegations of corruption, political influence, and failures of justice that emerged in t…
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