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Yorgen Fenech is a Maltase businessman. His main business areas are casinos and hotels in Malta^[1] and was head of the Tumas business group; however, he is also a member of the board of the Maltese-Azerbaijan-German company Electrogas. He is one of the richest people in Malta.

Fenech is suspected of bribing members of the Muscat government. He got arrested in November 2019 because Fenech is suspected to be involved in the murder of the investigative-journalist Daphne Galizia.^[2]

Yorgen Fenech is a well-known in Malta and believed to be one of the richest people in the Republic of Malta. He was identified in 2018 as being the owner of a mysterious Dubai-registered company, 17 Black. The company was listed in the Panama Papers. Caruana Galizia had written about 17 Black eight months before her death, alleging the company had links to Keith Schembri (L) and Konrad Mizzi (L).

Fenech had served as head of the Tumas business group and a director of energy company Electrogas. In 2019 he resigned from both positions.^[3]

Fenech has tried to leave the island of Malta on his privat yacht on 20 November 2019. Maltese Navy stopped his boat; been repeatedly questioned over the killing of Galizia since that. Maltese media alleged Fenech was familiar with Melvin Theuma, a taxi driver with links to criminal enterprises who has been described in local media as a potential "middleman" in the murder.