Swiss online publication Republik closed today its trilogy on Malta in the aftermath of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The first two pieces were linked here.
A loose translation of an extract from its conclusion:
“Our research could not clarify who killed her. Many said they had proof, but nobody had any.
“What is clear, however, is: who ever commissioned the murder, the accomplice is known. Its name is Malta. The enmity of the clans. The business model of trickery. The passport trade. The corruption by easy money. The availability of criminals.
“Malta is crass. But with gradations quite prototypical for the society of all pure tax havens: Every society disintegrates when its most lucrative business is that of a parasite. Switzerland, the undisputed leading tax haven in the world for decades, also had an industry, a university and service sector.
“It is also clear that the man who is most responsible for the situation in Malta at the moment is the one who has most intensified it: Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
“Muscat is not just a problem for Malta. But for the entire EU.”
