Prosecuting magistrate Carmelo Zuccaro tells MaltaToday that his investigation has not established any link between Caruana Galizia and two Maltese men arrested over a fuel smuggling racket involving Malta, Italy and Libya. The Italian Guardia di Finanza arrested Darren Debono in Lampedusa two days later, while Gordon Debono was stopped at Catania airport.The Italian media has drawn a direct link between the Dirty Oil arrests and Caruana Galizia’s murder, pointing out that the journalist had mentioned Darren Debono in two blogs back in 2016. The theory made headlines on RaiNews24 yesterday.But Zuccaro insisted no such link could be drawn from his investigation.“Nowhere in my investigation does Daphne Caruana Galizia’s name appear, not even in phone intercepts,” Zuccaro said, adding the probe was still ongoing. Both vessels were tracked close to the Libyan shore on multiple occasions in 2015.In 10 instances both vessels were detected alongside each other on the limits of Maltese territorial waters. The report said marine traffic data showed the vessel Bonu 5 – once owned by Debono’s company Andrea Martina – approached the Amazigh F and Basbosa Star on September 24, 2015.

Source: Libya Today October 24, 2017 09:11 UTC