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Caruana Galizia reports Maltese officials' Panama companies

In 2016 Daphne Caruana Galizia reported on her blog Running Commentary that minister Konrad Mizzi and the prime minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri had opened companies in Panama and trusts in New Zealand together, using the same intermediary, Brian Tonna. She said the arrangements coincided with the government's negotiations with Baku, and her reports were later confirmed by the Panama Papers.

Daphne Caruana Galizia (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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In 2016 Daphne Caruana Galizia reported on her blog Running Commentary that minister Konrad Mizzi and the prime minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri had opened companies in Panama and trusts in New Zealand together, using the same intermediary, Brian Tonna. She said the arrangements coincided with the government's negotiations with Baku, and her reports were later confirmed by the Panama Papers.

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  • Daphne Caruana Galizia

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    Caruana Galizia reports Maltese officials' Panama companies. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.daphnecaruanagalizia.com — sourcedaphnecaruanagalizia.com · verified
  2. 2.icij.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: caruana galizia+panama+schembri · verified
  3. 3.daphnecaruanagalizia.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: caruana galizia+panama+schembri · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Caruana Galizia reports Maltese officials' Panama companies. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/caruana-galizia-panama-papers-reporting-2016

https://factrail.ai/facts/caruana-galizia-panama-papers-reporting-2016

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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