Turkish crypto boss who hid in Albania, laundered money in Malta, sentenced to 11,196 years
Crypto boss Faruk Fatih Özer, who stashed millions of
The Shift Team
September 9, 2023 12:20
Crypto-exchange that laundered millions in Malta was a ‘criminal organisation’
The Thodex crypto-exchange, once one of Turkey’s largest exchanges,
David Lindsay
July 20, 2023 15:47
Crypto-fugitive who hid €10 million of client funds in Malta begins Turkey trial
More light is expected to be shed on how
The Shift Team
June 12, 2023 12:27
Crypto-fugitive who hid €13 million of client funds in Malta to face justice
An Albanian court on Monday ordered the extradition to
The Shift Team
April 20, 2023 15:05
International investigations shedding light on Malta’s dirty money flows
The report of a former general counsel of Venezuela’s
The Shift Team
April 4, 2023 12:31
Turkey finds 15 betting sites run from Malta by slain crime boss
A second round of investigations in the aftermath of
The Shift Team
December 15, 2022 11:12
24 journalists killed, 293 journalists currently in prison in 2021 – CPJ
In its annual prison census, the Committee to Protect
The Shift Team
December 9, 2021 10:18
Turkish women sentenced in Malta with false documents at risk of ‘extraterritorial abductions’
Two Turkish women, Rabia Yavuz and Muzekka Deneri, were
Alice Taylor
July 31, 2021 12:32
Are Maltese courts being used to settle Turkey’s political games?
The Maltese courts will decide on the case of
Alice Taylor
April 9, 2021 12:55
Turkey begins retrial of RSF representative on terrorism charges
Seventeen press freedom and human rights NGOs have issued
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 2, 2021 18:44
Journalist who exposed Turkish arms shipment to Syrian rebels sentenced to 27 years in prison
A court in Turkey has sentenced journalist Can Dundar
Gabriel Schembri
December 26, 2020 11:05
Hope to despair: Human rights activist released only to be rearrested on different charges
International NGOs have strongly condemned the rearrest of Turkish
The Shift Team
February 20, 2020 11:13
Malta’s media freedom ‘particularly worrying’ – Council of Europe
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has listed Malta
Joanna Demarco
January 29, 2020 12:45
Journalist Ahmet Altan’s re-arrest amounts to ‘psychological torture’
The rearrest of Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan
November 15, 2019 15:00
‘Strong condemnation’ of Turkish air strike that killed two journalists in Syria
International press freedom organisations have strongly condemned the apparent
Alice Taylor
October 21, 2019 07:55
International condemnation of move by Turkey to ban 136 websites
A Turkish Court has blocked access to 136 websites,
Alice Taylor
August 7, 2019 05:04
Daphne Caruana Galizia in ‘Top 10’ list of cases of injustice against journalists
The One Free Press Coalition has listed the assassintation
The Shift Team
July 8, 2019 14:54
OSCE chief expresses concern over new charges against journalist
Erol Onderoglu has been charged with “terrorist propaganda” in
Alice Taylor
July 3, 2019 15:39
Turkish court drops prison sentence against Paradise Papers journalist
An Appeals Court in Turkey has overturned the prison
Alice Taylor
May 6, 2019 18:24
A darkening horizon
Liberal critics of the current state of Maltese politics
Ranier Fsadni
April 7, 2019 08:03
WATCH: ‘You made me feel part of something bigger’ – Pelin Ünker
Turkish journalist Pelin Ünker, who is facing 13 months
The Shift Team
March 17, 2019 11:52
‘Without media freedom there can be no democracy’
In the absence of government action, it is up
Alice Taylor
March 16, 2019 15:59
‘It is when institutions fail that journalists become vulnerable’
Journalists who unearth wrongdoing are endangered when the institutions
Alice Taylor
March 15, 2019 09:08
Treatment of journalist facing imprisonment ‘unacceptable’
Draconian laws and harsh enforcement in Turkey meant that
Alice Taylor
February 21, 2019 10:48
UN investigation confirms Khashoggi killed by Saudi officials
An international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist
The Shift Team
February 8, 2019 15:11
International condemnation of jailing of Turkish journalist on Malta reports
Following the news of Turkish journalist Pelin Ünker being
Alice Taylor
January 9, 2019 12:48
Democracy cannot be safeguarded by gatekeepers
Almost a month after his disappearance, there is little
October 26, 2018 17:14
Turkish officials say Saudi journalist killed on order of crown prince
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Kingdom’s
The Shift Team
October 11, 2018 08:58
Turkey loses €70 million in pre-accession EU funds over democracy shortfalls
Turkey’s failure to meet conditions to improve rule of
The Shift Team
September 27, 2018 08:45
‘There is no migration crisis, there is a political crisis’ – EUCO
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat did not stop to explain
Caroline Muscat
June 28, 2018 16:09

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