EU countries have not done enough to press Malta into holding an independent probe into the 2017 killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia who was investigating high level corruption on the island state, the journalist’s family has claimed to The Financial Times.

“Human rights bodies, like the Council of Europe, and its agencies that focus on money laundering, and the rule of law, are really doing their best,” said Matthew Caruana Galizia, son of the killed journalist.

Since the murder on 16 October 2017, Malta has been criticised by human rights organisations for the length of time it has taken to bring Caruana Galizia’s suspected killers to trial. The European Parliament has also deplored “serious shortcomings” in the rule of law in Malta.

In a statement to the Financial Times, the Maltese government said: “There is an ongoing engagement with the Council of Europe to ensure that such inquiry does not, in any way, prejudice the current criminal proceedings against three persons accused with the same murder.”

The report, written by Josephine Cumbo, may be found here