Daphne Caruana Galizia's sons fight for truth six years after her murder

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Summary

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who exposed corruption among Malta's elite on her blog 'Running Commentary', was killed by a car bomb on 16 October 2017 at age 53.
Since the murder, her three sons Paul, Andrew, and Matthew have fought to uncover the truth, rallying international media and European institutions.
The brothers keep the family home in northern Malta untouched, guarding her belongings, and the house is protected by armed police officers at night.
Caruana Galizia had drawn hundreds of thousands of daily readers since 2008 by revealing money laundering scandals involving Malta's political leaders and business figures.
Her denunciations of patronage on both sides of Malta's politics made her celebrated by admirers and reviled by loyalists of the two dominant parties.

Daphne Caruana Galizia wrote 21 minutes before her death: "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate."
Admirers called her simply 'Daphne', while loyalists of Malta's two dominant parties disparagingly nicknamed her 'the witch'.

Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered for investigating Malta's powerful. Her sons picked up the fight for justice.lemonde.fr· 17h
A M Le magazine du Monde long-read recounts how Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed by a car bomb on 16 October 2017 after years of exposing her country's corruption on her blog "Running Commentary," left her three sons Paul, Andrew, and Matthew to fight for the truth. Her final blog post, 21 minutes before her death, is quoted: "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate."