Caruana Galizia sons: The US authorities' action vindicates our mother's work

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s sons Matthew, Andrew, and Paul said on Wednesday that the arrest in the US of Pilatus Bank chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad had now ended the impunity with which Hashemi Nejad operated and vindicated their mother's work. "Their action vindicates our mother's work, but it has come at a terrible cost," they said in a statement.  "Malta's authorities failed to hold Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad to account, leaving our mother, Daphne Caruana Galizia, to do so alone. Hashemi Nejad threatened our mother relentlessly, claiming she caused his Malta-based bank, Pilatus Bank, reputational damage. READ: What they're saying about Pilatus Bank chairman's arrest "In May last year, Hashemi Nejad brought a $40m lawsuit against our mother in the US without ever notifying her about it. He withdrew the case on 17 October 2017, the day after she was murdered. We found out about this only in January this year. On the day of her assassination, his lawyers sent letters, which we have seen, to Maltese media threatening similar multi-million dollar lawsuits for reporting on our mother's investigations," the sons said. "The US authorities have now ended the impunity with which Hashemi...