Nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, Europe must finally address Malta’s culture of impunity | Pieter Omtzigt and Emanuel Delia

Nine years after the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, concerns persist regarding Malta's culture of impunity. While the perpetrators were convicted, no one has been found guilty of commissioning the murder, and businessman Yorgen Fenech was recently acquitted. Shami Chakrabarti, a Council of Europe special rapporteur, warned that Malta remains vulnerable to high-level corruption. She emphasised that failing to implement legal protections continues to put journalists at risk across the nation.