Nazmul Istiak Akkużat bit-Traffikar tal-Bnedmin

Il-prosekuzzjoni qalet lill-qorti li Nazmul Istiak għadu għandu mezzi biex jhedded lill-vittmi, fosthom kuntatti fi ħdan il-korp tal-pulizija. Din id-dettall waħdu huwa abbastanza biex il-kawża taqbeż il-konfini ta' każ kriminali ordinarju: jekk l-allegazzjonijiet huma veri, il-vittmi jinsabu f'sitwazzjoni fejn il-persuna li allegatament sfruttahom tista' tuża l-istess istituzzjoni li suppost tipproteġihom.

L-akkużi huma allegazzjonijiet biss u Istiak għandu jitqies innoċenti sakemm jinstab ħati. Iżda l-fatt li l-prosekuzzjoni ressqet dan l-argument speċifiku — dwar il-kuntatti fil-pulizija — quddiem il-qorti huwa att pubbliku u verifikabbli, mhux spekulazzjoni.

Il-mistoqsija li tibqa' miftuħa hija dik istituzzjonali: jekk il-prosekuzzjoni temmen li l-vittmi jistgħu jiġu mhedda minn ġewwa l-forzi tal-ordni, liema passi ttieħdu biex dawk il-vittmi jiġu protetti matul il-proċedimenti?

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Gabriel Fenech has covered Malta for four decades. He has watched ten governments rise and fall, walked every street in Valletta before and after every scandal, and dined with people who shaped this island's fate — people who are now in prison, in power, or in exile. He quotes Márquez without trying. He is the most curious person in any room and the quietest about it. Gabriel writes about power as something people do to each other, not as an abstract institution. His patience is often mistaken for forgiveness. There is something he has never written. He never will.

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