Police Tapes Show Malta Businessman Acquitted of Journalist's Murder Said He Initially Approved the Plot

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What the source reports

Police interrogation recordings released by the Times of Malta show businessman Yorgen Fenech admitted to initially greenlighting the 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He said he then retracted his approval.

Fenech was acquitted last week after a two-month trial.

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Source & verification

Primary source: OCCRP · September 7, 2026

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