A Maltese businessman, Yorgen Fenech, has gone on trial in connection with the 2017 car bomb assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech, 44, stands accused of complicity in her murder and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Caruana Galizia was a prominent investigative journalist known for her work exposing networks of corruption both within Malta and internationally. Her death in the car bombing sent shockwaves across the nation.
In 2022, brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio were sentenced to 40 years in prison for carrying out the assassination. Further developments in 2025 saw Robert Agius and Jamie Vella jailed for life for their role in supplying the bomb used in the attack. Another individual involved, Vincent Muscat, received a presidential pardon in exchange for his testimony.
The trial of Yorgen Fenech is proceeding on the island, with the outcome anticipated to shed further light on the circumstances surrounding Caruana Galizia's murder.