Claim 679

The direct link between her reporting and the freeze.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The direct link between her reporting and the freeze.
Field: action
Value: Account frozen the month after a story on the government
About: incident 2017-malta-freezes-caruana-galizia-account
Source: Malta
Publisher: Reporters Without Borders
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current

Quotation from the source

The bank account of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a journalist who published compromising information about the members of the government in January 2017, was frozen the following month at the Economy Minister's behest.