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Caruana Galizia's posts often attracted more readers than the combined circulation of her country’s newspapers. She was described shortly before her assassination by [[Politico]] as a “one-woman WikiLeaks”. The ''[[Guardian]]'' described Her blogs as "a thorn in the side of both the establishment and underworld figures."<ref name=guard/>
 
Caruana Galizia's posts often attracted more readers than the combined circulation of her country’s newspapers. She was described shortly before her assassination by [[Politico]] as a “one-woman WikiLeaks”. The ''[[Guardian]]'' described Her blogs as "a thorn in the side of both the establishment and underworld figures."<ref name=guard/>
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Before she was killed, Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating Malta's [[citizenship for sale]] system, referred to as "Golden Passports".<ref name=tdp/>
  
 
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Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed when a bomb exploded in her car, breaking the vehicle into several pieces and throwing debris into a nearby field.
 
Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed when a bomb exploded in her car, breaking the vehicle into several pieces and throwing debris into a nearby field.
 
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After her assassination, [[Forbidden Stories]] set up ''The Daphne Project'', which the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] described as "a group of 45 journalists representing 18 news organizations from 15 countries picked up Daphne’s work after it was abruptly halted by her gruesome death on the doorstep of Europe."<ref name=tdp>https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 10:11, 27 December 2018

Person.png Daphne Caruana Galizia   Twitter WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist)
Daphne Caruana Galizia.jpg
BornDaphne Anne Vella
1964-08-26
Sliema, Malta
Died16 October 2017 (Age 53)
near Bidnija, Mosta, Malta
Cause of death
car bomb
ResidenceMalta
NationalityMaltese
Alma materUniversity of Malta
Children3
SpousePeter Caruana Galizia
Victim ofassassination
Interests • Panama Papers
• corruption
• golden passports
The Maltese journalist and blogger who exposed the Panama Papers. Assassinated in 2017 by a car bomb

Daphne Caruana Galizia was the journalist and blogger who exposed the Panama Papers.[1]

Career

Caruana Galizia's posts often attracted more readers than the combined circulation of her country’s newspapers. She was described shortly before her assassination by Politico as a “one-woman WikiLeaks”. The Guardian described Her blogs as "a thorn in the side of both the establishment and underworld figures."[1]

Before she was killed, Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating Malta's citizenship for sale system, referred to as "Golden Passports".[2]

Death

On 1 October 2017, Caruana Galizia filed a police report to say that she had been receiving death threats.

Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed when a bomb exploded in her car, breaking the vehicle into several pieces and throwing debris into a nearby field. [1]

Legacy

After her assassination, Forbidden Stories set up The Daphne Project, which the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project described as "a group of 45 journalists representing 18 news organizations from 15 countries picked up Daphne’s work after it was abruptly halted by her gruesome death on the doorstep of Europe."[2]


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