Council of Europe inquiry opens into Malta judicial failures after Caruana Galizia killing

A Council of Europe investigation, led by Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti, opened into Malta's judicial failures following the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The inquiry warns that without stronger rule-of-law and journalist protections, Malta remains vulnerable to repeated high-level corruption. This follows a prior European Court of Human Rights ruling that Malta failed to protect Caruana Galizia, marking a continued pattern of international scrutiny.