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The businessman accused of ordering the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has gone on trial, more than nine years after her death in a car-bomb attack that sent shockwaves through Europe.

The landmark trial of tycoon Yorgen Fenech begins seven years after his arrest for ordering the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

While under a court-ordered asset freeze, Robert Agius’s wife set up a company that was able to buy and sell properties worth millions of euros. Another company he co-owned also engaged in significant real estate transactions.

The sentences given to Agius, Vella, and their associates represent a significant moment in Malta’s efforts to achieve justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia.