# Maltese businessman acquitted of plotting Caruana Galizia murder

https://mins.news/en/item/42575

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-02 19:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/malta-businessman-acquitted-of-plotting-journalist-caruana-galizia-murder?traffic_source=rss

> A Maltese court acquitted businessman Yorgen Fenech of masterminding the murder of anticorruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury cleared him of both charges by an 8-1 margin. Her family said the institutional failures that enabled the killing remain unaddressed.

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