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I'm on Malta at the moment, (I'm not Maltese). From what I've heard this will mostly be related to local politics in Malta rather than some international coveru

I'm on Malta at the moment, (I'm not Maltese). From what I've heard this will mostly be related to local politics in Malta rather than some international coverup.

philipov 9y ago
So, the powerful and corrupt bank executives she inconvenienced were Maltese?
- cavanasm 9y ago
  No, the powerful and corrupt politicians she exposed from across the range of political parties in the country. Or possibly even the Mafia organizations that may or may not have been supporting those politicians.
- tryingagainbro 9y ago
  whatever, who knows who did the deed. These guys do this for a living. You do websites /apps, they deal drugs, launder money and kill anyone that interferes with their business and doesn't stop. Call X and call for the favor he owes us or send him 2 more kilos and kill Y. Politicians that protect the criminals can also call in favors...
singularity2001 9y ago
Maltese love killing birds. Very bad mindset over there.
tryingagainbro 9y ago
If she released those papers, she ruined a lot of people. Yeah, she was doing her job as a journo but the guy who will lose $500 mil to taxes /fines and go to jail for 20 years doesn't care much about semantics. Princes, Prime Ministers, royal families, mafia bosses, banking execs, spies, ministers...you name it, Panama papers had them. It doesn't take much to kill an average person, they know who to call.
- neaden 9y ago
  She didn't release the Panama Papers, that was an anonymous source to the German reporter Bastian Obermayer. She read the papers and connected them to some local figures in Malta, so presumably whoever murdered her was Maltese or had some business dealings there. Edit: I think it's important to keep in mind too that Malta has an organized crime presence. In fact it looks like there were three car bombings in Malta last year. http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/71110/explosion_hits_st_pauls_bay#.WeUfMFtSxaQ http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/71110/explosion_h...
- lobster_johnson 9y ago
  The Sicilian mafia has a strong presence on Malta. A local told me that when Italy cracked down hard on the mafia, many moved their base of operations there, especially to launder money. As a result, Malta has seen a lot of mafia-related violence the last decade [1], with 2013-2016 seeing a record 16 murders, almost all of them unsolved. The violence is crazy considering how tiny the country is, and its urban area is mostly confined to a 10-mile stretch of the east coast. You have to assume, at this point, that the mafia is tightly intertwined with local politics. [1] http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-11-01/local-news/A-look-at-Mafia-style-murders-in-Malta-in-the-last-decade-6736165961 http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-11-01/local-news...

I'm on Malta at the moment, (I'm not Maltese). From what I've heard this will mostly be related to local politics in Malta rather than some international coverup.

philipov 9y ago

So, the powerful and corrupt bank executives she inconvenienced were Maltese?

cavanasm 9y ago
No, the powerful and corrupt politicians she exposed from across the range of political parties in the country. Or possibly even the Mafia organizations that may or may not have been supporting those politicians.
tryingagainbro 9y ago
whatever, who knows who did the deed. These guys do this for a living. You do websites /apps, they deal drugs, launder money and kill anyone that interferes with their business and doesn't stop. Call X and call for the favor he owes us or send him 2 more kilos and kill Y. Politicians that protect the criminals can also call in favors...

singularity2001 9y ago

Maltese love killing birds. Very bad mindset over there.

tryingagainbro 9y ago

If she released those papers, she ruined a lot of people. Yeah, she was doing her job as a journo but the guy who will lose $500 mil to taxes /fines and go to jail for 20 years doesn't care much about semantics. Princes, Prime Ministers, royal families, mafia bosses, banking execs, spies, ministers...you name it, Panama papers had them. It doesn't take much to kill an average person, they know who to call.

neaden 9y ago
She didn't release the Panama Papers, that was an anonymous source to the German reporter Bastian Obermayer. She read the papers and connected them to some local figures in Malta, so presumably whoever murdered her was Maltese or had some business dealings there. Edit: I think it's important to keep in mind too that Malta has an organized crime presence. In fact it looks like there were three car bombings in Malta last year. http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/71110/explosion_hits_st_pauls_bay#.WeUfMFtSxaQ http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/71110/explosion_h...
lobster_johnson 9y ago
The Sicilian mafia has a strong presence on Malta. A local told me that when Italy cracked down hard on the mafia, many moved their base of operations there, especially to launder money. As a result, Malta has seen a lot of mafia-related violence the last decade [1], with 2013-2016 seeing a record 16 murders, almost all of them unsolved. The violence is crazy considering how tiny the country is, and its urban area is mostly confined to a 10-mile stretch of the east coast. You have to assume, at this point, that the mafia is tightly intertwined with local politics. [1] http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-11-01/local-news/A-look-at-Mafia-style-murders-in-Malta-in-the-last-decade-6736165961 http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-11-01/local-news...