The Committee to Protect Journalists and four other international media freedom organizations welcomed Thursday’s conviction of Robert Agius and Jamie Vella for supplying military-grade explosives to the hitmen who murdered Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia with a car bomb.
The two men, part of a Maltese criminal gang, are due to be sentenced in the coming weeks.
The joint statement said that the June 5 verdict marks a vital step toward full justice — a crucial development in the fight against impunity that will hopefully strengthen the case against the alleged mastermind, businessman Yorgen Fenech, who is awaiting trial. To date, five individuals have been found guilty of involvement in Caruana Galizia’s murder.
Read the full statement here.