Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Malta's prime minister to resign amid investigation of [Panama Papers] journalist's killing
CNN ^ | December 1, 2019 | Susanna Capelouto and Simon Cullen

Posted on 12/01/2019 8:54:43 PM PST by BenLurkin

Caruana Galizia had been investigating alleged corruption within the government. Her family and protesters have accused Muscat of trying to shield members of his inner circle from the ongoing investigation into her death.

Her journalism-- including her research into Maltese citizens implicated in the Panama Papers -- had made her some very powerful enemies. The Panama Papers are the name for the leak of millions of files from the database of a Panama law firm called Mossack Fonseca in 2016.

The journalist had suffered intimidation over the years -- her dog's throat was cut, and in 2006 her house was set on fire as the family slept, tires piled against the back door to prevent them escaping.

Shortly before her death, in what was to be the final entry on her blog Running Commentary, she wrote: "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: 2006; 2016; 201710; 201912; arkancide; arson; caruanagalizia; clintoncrimefamily; clintonnonnews; cloudways; daphnecaruanagalizia; josephmuscat; mafiatactics; malta; mifsud; mob; mossackfonseca; panamapapers; simoncullen; susannacapelouto; threats
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

1 posted on 12/01/2019 8:54:43 PM PST by BenLurkin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/panamapapers/index?tab=articles


2 posted on 12/01/2019 8:55:52 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SunkenCiv

Ping


3 posted on 12/01/2019 9:19:00 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

If only we had journalist’s who were not afraid to dig out the corruption that went on in the Obama years. These gutless wonders that claim to be journalist’s now are nothing more than shill’s for the Democrat/Socialist/Communist party.


4 posted on 12/01/2019 9:20:23 PM PST by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cabbieguy

It’s all coming out... like a million waterfalls of diarrhea!

And the “press” can’t stop it.


5 posted on 12/01/2019 10:01:25 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: cabbieguy

Dog’s throat cut and house on fire? I won’t lie that would scare me away. If not for myself, which is possible, for my family. Sounds cowardly and maybe it is but that’s a hard thing to do. I admire this person


6 posted on 12/01/2019 10:19:24 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Malta? Cloudways is based in Malta.


7 posted on 12/01/2019 10:42:37 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

What Malta is...is a hybrid island where you deposit your anonymous cash situation, make a company up out of thin air, and then launch investment situations into various real estate deals and companies in Europe, Asia, the Med, etc....with limited to zero taxation.


8 posted on 12/01/2019 10:55:03 PM PST by pepsionice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Thanks BenLurkin.

> journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in October 2017...


9 posted on 12/01/2019 10:59:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: pepsionice

Interesting.

BTW, Cloudways sells SMOKING FAST web hosting at a very nice price point.


10 posted on 12/01/2019 11:03:35 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

There’s probably a good reason why Cloudways chose Malta as the center-point of the operation. Everything is probably secure (to the 9nd degree), and no investigative arm is going to come and drill down into a company’s business, or where their money came from originally.

It’s like the banking sector in Cyprus and Panama....both of them were into hiding cash, and allowing anonymous company creation to occur.


11 posted on 12/01/2019 11:15:22 PM PST by pepsionice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin; Fedora

This is the same law firm - Mossack Fonseca - that was involved with the case of the murdered British businessman Neil Heywood in China, and Heywood was possibly connected to Hakluyt the firm involved with Russiagate.

The Chinese case involved a lot of money laundering through the British Virgin Islands.


12 posted on 12/02/2019 12:31:18 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Very interesting link:

Murder by Poison Is Only One Clue To Offshore Dealings by ...
https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/china-murder-by-poison [CAUTION... SOURCE APPEARS TO BE RUSSIAN]
Apr 07, 2016 · Panama Papers · Murder by Poison Is Only One Clue To Offshore Dealings by Top Chinese Murder by Poison Is Only One Clue To Offshore Dealings by Top Chinese. by Alexa Olesen and Wen Yu. 7 April 2016


13 posted on 12/02/2019 12:35:05 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

Cloudways?

Crowdstrike’s Ukraine... but Mifsud’s Maltese.


14 posted on 12/02/2019 12:36:53 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

Never heard of them before. I gotta catch up.


15 posted on 12/02/2019 12:38:36 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: pepsionice

I bet they’re going to find connections with the Vatican, too.


16 posted on 12/02/2019 4:19:42 AM PST by livius
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
I'll toss this in for giggles. From 2011. Check out who went with McCain...

Updated: John McCain on Malta visit

17 posted on 12/02/2019 4:44:32 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mewzilla
From 2016. Interesting mention of Malta about halfway down...

Clinton Foundation Official Requests State Lunch Access, Emails Show

18 posted on 12/02/2019 4:48:51 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: mewzilla
Senator McCain was among the most forceful American politicians to call on the Obama administration to back the Libyan rebels, soon after the uprising started.

How did that work out ?

19 posted on 12/02/2019 4:52:22 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: mewzilla

bttt


20 posted on 12/02/2019 7:14:03 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson