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Maltese businessman arrested over murder of journalist

Yorgen Fenech, prominent Maltese businessman, was arrested by police. He has been cited as a person of interest in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2007. Before her death, Galizia was investigating a data leak from Fenech's business. Since then, a collective of journalists continued her investigations and revealed Fenech's involvement in a shell company making payments to Panama, with government links.

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Wed Nov 20 - TheGuardian

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