A Journalist Was Killed in an EU Country. Why Has No One Been Caught?
A new report says the rule of law in Malta is “seriously undermined by the extreme weakness of its system of checks and balances.”
PARIS—In October 2017, the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, known for her scoops that alleged corruption at the highest levels of the government and beyond, was killed by a car bomb. Her assassination remains unsolved.
A report by the Council of Europe, the Continent’s watchdog for human rights and the rule of law, goes a long way toward explaining why that might be. It is a damning document that paints a picture of state
