Blogbox | Corruption2019.04.18
What people didn’t see was that being one of “Daphne’s sons” was wonderful.
She never betrayed a confidence even when her life was under threat.
"My wife was killed because she mattered, because the powerful were afraid of her and because the criminals were infuriated by her."
Peter Caruana Galizia, Daphne's husbandIn a country of 475,000 people her website received 400,000 unique visitors a day.
I still laugh every time I read it and then feel my heart break into pieces.
The last time my mother left our house was to see her bank manager about gaining access to the funds frozen by the economy minister.
Now that Malta has killed its Cassandra, our Daphne, it is having to face up to what she’s been trying to tell us all along.
Paul Caruana Galizia
Paul Caruana Galizia is a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, in the Department of Economic History.
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