LuxLeaks: ECPMF provides financial support to court appeal by key whistleblower
by Ana Ribeiro
The ECPMF will support the case of French whistleblower Antoine Deltour with €1000, as he appeals his conviction by the Correctional Tribunal of Luxembourg. Deltour is one of three major figures who exposed irregular fiscal practices implicating Luxembourgish authorities, in what became known as LuxLeaks.
Antoine Deltour (photo: private)
Institutional support for the whistleblowers’ cause is growing. On 8 September, 108 Members of the European Parliament – active in pushing for the adoption of a directive to protect whistleblowers – signed an open letter strongly disapproving of the LuxLeaks convictions.
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