# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-malta-freezes-caruana-galizia-account)
- Source: Malta. https://rsf.org/en/country/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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/679. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.