back on the island, daphne caruana galizia immediately recognized the importance of the panama papersg. combing through the papers, daphne identified two companies registered in panama named hearnville and tillgate. they were owned by prime minister joseph muscat's close friend and chief of staff, keith skem bree and malta's energy minister, conrad mittsy. excited about what she'd found, daphne shared her reporting in a radio interview. >> they expected never to be discovered, but they were discovered. and the whole thing erupted. however, the prime minister is backing both his chief of staff and his energy minister. >> there was nothing illegal about government ministers having holdings in a central american tax haven. but the exposure put muscat's government on the offensive. >> when she came out with the story of panama, the secret companies of the chief of staff of the prime minister and the right-hand man of the prime minister, people derided her. the government mocked her, ridiculed her, demonized her. >> reporter: for daphne, attacks on her character came with the territory. >>