Malta has secured five convictions connected to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionMalta
- Omissions
- The figure of five convictions refers only to those convicted of carrying out or being involved in the murder; no one has been convicted of commissioning it.
- The businessman accused of orchestrating the killing, Yorgen Fenech, was acquitted of all charges in September 2026, shortly before the session date.
- The convictions are supported only by secondary journalistic sources; no primary Maltese court or government record was found in this search.
- The broader original claim that Malta has 'abolished criminal defamation, strengthened journalist protections and introduced measures against abusive lawsuits' was not verified here and is contested by press-freedom organisations (e.g. IPI, ECPMF, Article 19) that report ongoing SLAPP threats and government inaction.
- Sources
- SecondaryABC News (Australia)Five people have been convicted of their involvement in the 53-year-old journalist's death ... (reporting on the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia)
- SecondaryReporters Without Borders (RSF)Five men were convicted after Theuma received a pardon in 2019 in exchange for information about the killing. In 2022, Malta's Criminal Court ...