Investigative journalism is a dangerous job!
A lot of you may know about the woman journalist who had her car blown up.
Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist
Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’ Source link
That good lady was researching the corruption of government officials in Malta. We have another fatality though now.
I have written in the past about the blatant wasting of money the EU does, moving offices once a month at the cost of billions of euros per year, they do it at the end of every month, as France vetoes any vote against stopping it, as France benefits the most from shipping the articles involved for 2 or 3 days of the month. The farce of the EU travelling circus
I have also covered how these euro MEP's get 4400 euros per month in expenses regardless of if they spend them or not, they also do not have to submit any receipts when claiming more, as that apparently would hinder their time to do their job, which for the most part is getting drunk in the free bar, as Junker likes to so often partake in. The unlimited free food and free drink they get everyday whilst at work, makes it no wonder so many of them are raging alcoholics!
Kidnapping - raped then murdered!
Is what has happened to one lady named Viktoria Marinova. She was investigating corruption in the EU political sphere.
This is what happens when you get close to the trail of corruption you see, it ends in a body bag here in Europe.
Ms Marinova is the third European journalist to be killed in the past year.
The rape and murder of a Bulgarian journalist was an "execution" and meant as a warning, according to an investigative website.
Viktoria Marinova's body was found on Saturday in a park by the River Danube in the northern town of Ruse.
The 30-year-old victim, who had reported on an investigation into alleged corruption involving EU funds, suffered blows to the head and had been suffocated.
Ruse prosecutor Georgy Georgiev said her mobile phone, car keys, glasses and some of her clothes were missing.
The murder case has shocked fellow journalists and sparked international condemnation.
I am currently trying to find out who the other murdered journalist were, I think it safe to assume they were also doing something similar. And this is what must be changed, dirty politicians hiring murderers to shut us all up.
Apparently the police are close to finding the murderer so it will be interesting to see the patsy they frame, and more likely he will though be shot in a raid, so that no testimony of any relevance can be presented to the public that is us.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said a large amount of evidence had been collected - including DNA - and warned "it is just a matter of time before the perpetrator is found".
That was also a quote from the source above.
New article just turned up https://www.newsweek.com/who-was-viktoria-marinova-tv-host-and-investigative-journalist-found-brutally-1157528?piano_t=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_J%C3%A1n_Kuciak
You were bang on the money with that bro.
She is the third investigative journalist to be killed within the EU in a year.
In February, 27-year old Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend were was shot to death.
And last year Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Curana Galiyia was killed in a car bomb
The latest killing was expected to add to pressure on journalists in especially Eastern Europe, who have faced increasing pressure by authorities for investigating corruption involving billions of euros in EU funding.
Makes Me wonder what Happened to Arjan Kamphuis.... The MSM is surprisingly silent about him..
I found a list online of journalists killed here.
http://ifj-safety.org/en/killings/killed
WTF!? it's ever more each year
You can add 1 more to that with the Saudi one murdered by the royals this week.
mobsters.... this will soon be a much bigger problem
They will kill anyone that gets close to finding out what they want kept hidden. Be very carefull .
Yes I know bro, especially when it comes to the corruption and money part.
Yes indeed.
The EU is too big, Europe is not used to deal with amounts of money of that scale the players at hat level are far more evil then the EU has imagined, IF they even considered the corruption they are now dealing with. Seeing brutal executions like this is proof that the EU is not capable to deal with large amounts of money.
And proof that the work of Julian Assange is the greatest gift to humanity in this day and age.
Agreed they are not equipped to deal with it, and they are corrupt to the core.
JA I have my thoughts about, though will save them for another day.
We need alternatives for wikileaks....
Every town a leak site and all those servers linked together in one big decentralized network mirroring eachothers content.
Inflation is also a nasty variable. Due to the inflation and the crisis, everything is getting more expensive ever faster. Meaning that the sums of money all the way at the top are becoming outrageous... making the greed even worse...
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I remember the Malta bomb but didn't know about Viktoria Marinova but it doesn't surprise me. I can imagine how corrupt and rotten the EU parliament is and now Viktoria has been murdered, thereby sending a message to others who might dare to expose it, I will probably only ever get to imagine it.
I am getting bored of trying to tell people how the EU isn't the force for good they believe it is. Despite my best efforts in exposing the project, I keep getting told that we need the EU as a balance against the British government. It's the old "lesser of two evils" argument again that doesn't take into account that both evils are ultimately controlled by a hidden hand that controls all governments and in the end, the outcome will be the same. It won't give me any real sense of satisfaction if I am proved right in the next 10-15 years because I will also be suffering along with my children thanks to too many brainwashed, ignorant people who believed all the lies and ignored all the signs.
Hope all is well. I feel a bit better now after getting that off my chest ;-)
She was only silenced Saturday.
And why anyone would want the European parliament is beyond me, it is full of drunks, secret ballots to elect each other, secrets r us it should be called not the EU.
Another thing that amazes me is the people that say we need th EU can not even name the people in it, not a bloody one, so why someone would want to have what is basically a freemasonic parliament running them defies belief.
Yes all good here, my biggest problem is moles ruining my lawn, so as that is pretty insignificant, I guess I have zero complaints.
Thanks for a top comment, have a superb week.
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As always, thanks kindly my friends.
I saw it on Gab...
Funny what you and the comments say, as I had someone tell me just yesterday that if I lived in Europe, I would be dead by now.
If I were a journalist working on something like this, I would ensure that as I gather info, it is hidden somewhere, where my death can release it all over the web.
If precautions are taken, which modern technology makes possible, they would fear journalists more (and respect their ability to cause them harm), but, although we would learn more about their crimes, it would not stop them. The days of a scandal sinking the future of a politician are over. They know they can do what they want...
I store info on multiple drives and down on TOR, the drives I have in many places, never at home, to get to them would require a large intercontinental army, and I am simply not worth such effort.