Family of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia files report which indicates a possible Latvian link to her murder
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The family of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have filed a 31-page Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) with Latvia’s Office for the Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds Derived from Criminal Activity, The Times of Malta reports.
The STR names members of the money laundering network whom Daphne Caruana Galizia investigated and whom the family believe are connected to her subsequent murder by a car bomb on October 16, 2017.
In a statement, the family of Caruana Galizia said “We hope that this report brings new evidence to light, helps authorities across Europe bring criminals to justice and helps authorities prevent more murders by taking action to end impunity for the crimes and criminal networks that Daphne Caruana Galizia investigated and exposed.”
The report adds that the in its statement the family said “as a result of the Daphne Project’s investigations, that Latvia’s ABLV Bank, like Pilatus Bank in Malta,(was established) to be a service provider to a money laundering network implicating PEPs in Malta and in Azerbaijan.”
It adds “Daphne Caruana Galizia was left alone to document the crimes facilitated by Pilatus Bank and the subsequent cover-up of those crimes by Malta’s government. She refused to give up or to give in and people in the network she investigated resorted to assassination.
“Martins Bunkus, a Latvian lawyer who fought for ABLV Bank to be liquidated involuntarily, was also murdered in a well-planned attack, just seven months later. His murder, like Daphne Caruana Galizia’s, remains unsolved.”
