What's happening in Malta?
In 2017 investigative journalist Caruana Galizia (pic related) was killed by a car bomb.
She was investigating Maltese corruption related to an energy company pay for play scene going all the way up to the Maltese Prime Ministers office. Sound familiar? The central company that sticks out is one 17 Black, a company registered in Qatar and owned by Yorgen Fenech, who was recently arrested while attempting to flee the country on his yacht. He was ratted out by one of his own guys. Money doesn't buy loyalty.
The two senior political figures concerned are Konrad Mizzi, who was Malta’s energy minister from 2013 to 2016, and Keith Schembri (arrested today), the prime minister’s chief of staff. Thanks to the Panama papers it was revealed Mizzi and Schembri stood to receive payments from 17 Black for services that were unspecified.
Working with 17 Black on the energy project were Siemens (Iran Nuclear Deal) and SOCAR ( Azerbaijani
Oil company accused of bribing U.S. congressmen in 2013 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/10-members-of-congress-took-trip-secretly-funded-by-foreign-government/2015/05/13/76b55332-f720-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html?noredirect=on ) forming Electrogas.
There's a lot here and goes deep. Middle East, Energy Company Payouts, Panama Papers, Assasination, and on and on. Which is why this woman lost her life.
Needs moat eyes.
sauce:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malta-daphne-offshore-exclusive/exclusive-mystery-company-named-by-murdered-maltese-journalist-is-linked-to-power-station-developer-idUSKCN1NE18M
https://lovinmalta.com/news/news-breaking/breaking-keith-schembri-mentioned-several-times-in-recordings-between-prime-suspect-and-middleman-in-daphne-murder/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/daphne-caruana-galizia-police-quiz-malta-pms-ex-chief-of-staff
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7705627/Malta-businessmen-Yorgen-Fenech-arrested-yacht-murder-journalist-Daphne-Caruana-Galizia.html