Journalists continuing to pursue public interest investigative reporting in Malta remain at great risk, and citizen journalists and activists who campaign for justice are subjected to pressure and abuse.
Global Witness is calling on all other British Overseas Territories to immediately follow suit and introduce a public register revealing the real owners of companies.
The world’s largest economies are still moving too slowly to ensure that citizens and law enforcement can find out who really owns companies operating within their borders.
With links to the Queen, Donald Trump and the Premier League, the Paradise Paper leaks, revealing the secrets of off-shore tax havens, shows just how endemic this Global system of secrecy is. "Enough is enough", says Christian Aid.
Journalists across Europe have condemned the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese journalist and blogger whose allegations about government corruption led to early elections in 2016.
Commenting on today’s UK government proposals to fine professionals whose clients aggressively avoid tax, Christian Aid said the move could hit the global tax avoidance supply chain, by increasing the risks facing the accountants, lawyers, banks and others involved.