{
  "id": 5318576,
  "title": "Caruana Galizia: 'One-woman WikiLeaks' who exposed Malta's shady side",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/caruana-galizia-one-woman-wikileaks-who-exposed-maltas-shady-side",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T11:40:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2026/09/1525143/caruana-galizia-one-woman-wikileaks-who-exposed-maltas-shady"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who fearlessly exposed corruption in her Mediterranean archipelago, was murdered with a car bomb in 2017. Her final blog entry, posted minutes before her death, lamented the prevalence of corruption. Nearly a decade later, her killer remains unknown. Five men were convicted for the bombing, but the mastermind remains elusive. Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech, accused of orchestrating her murder, was acquitted by a court last year, despite being arrested on his yacht the previous year. Caruana Galizia, who worked as a columnist for several Maltese media outlets, gained notoriety through her blog, Running Commentary, which reached over 400,000 readers. Dubbed the \"one-woman WikiLeaks,\" she remained steadfast against attempts to silence her. Survived by her family, she inspired a collective effort of 45 journalists from 18 outlets in the Daphne Project, continuing her investigations. Her assassination brought corruption to the forefront, forcing the resignation of then-prime minister Joseph Muscat in 2020. Despite Muscat's successor, Robert Abela, being re-elected later that year, the political crisis continued.",
  "summary": "ILLICIT trafficking, bribes, offshore accounts: Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, murdered with a car bomb in 2017, fearlessly exposed corruption in her archipelago in the heart of the Mediterranean.",
  "key_points": [
    "Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed by car bomb in 2017",
    "Accused tycoon Yorgen Fenech acquitted, mastermind unknown",
    "Daphne Project continued her investigations after her assassination"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}