On behalf of Repubblika I'm participating this weekend in a conference organised by Italian NGO Libera discussing civil society's role in the fight against global mafias. The meeting is being held to mark 20 years (22 actually but their plans 2 years ago were scuppered by covid) since the signing of the Palermo convention, a [...]

Statement by #occupyjustice: The Web of Corruption is no Halloween Stunt Earlier tonight, #occupyjustice activists set up an illuminated spider’s web outside the office of the now-defunct Pilatus Bank in Ta’ Xbiex. Yet this was no Halloween prank. Over six years have passed since investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia began her investigations into the Pilatus Bank and, [...]