Tag: Whistleblower

  • Luxembourg court set to reveal verdict in whistleblowers’ trial tomorrow

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    The verdicts on the trial of LuxLeaks whistleblowers and former PwC employees Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, as well as the journalist Edouard Perrin, are set to be handed down by the appeals court in Luxembourg tomorrow. Perrin, who was acquitted of all charges in June 2016, has had to stand trial again after the prosecution appealed against the original verdict ...
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    Lux Leaks: solidarity with whistle-blowers and journalists

    A videostatement of Fabio De Masi

    Countries in the European Union are losing hundreds of billions of euros each year due to tax dumping and tax avoidance by large multinationals. The whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, together with the journalist Edouard Perrin, made the scandalous sweetheart deals with these companies public in the LuxLeaks ...

  • GUE/NGL MEPs stand in solidarity with LuxLeaks defendants ahead of trial

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    Ahead of the second LuxLeaks trial starting this afternoon in Luxembourg, a delegation from GUE/NGL group at the European Parliament will be outside the courthouse to show full solidarity with the two whistleblowers, Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, and the journalist Edouard Perrin. Perrin was acquitted of all charges back in June 2016 whilst both Deltour and Halet were given suspended sentences ...
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    Whistleblower protection: What must be done?

    You can watch the panel Whistleblowers experiences and reactions with Fabio De Masi at minute 50:59 Prominent whistleblowers, journalists and experts will participate, sharing experiences, recommendations and discussing how whistleblowers could be protected, analysing at the same time all political and legal aspects and how to take this issue forward at a European level ...

  • New court appeal clouds LuxLeaks whistleblowers future

    EUObserver reported about Antoine Deltour

    EUObserver, 05.08.2016 "[...] Fabio de Masi, a German MEP from the United Left, who helped spearhead an EU parliament inquiry into the scandal said Luxembourg's public prosecutor would be better off probing Marius Kohl, a high-ranking, now retired official in Luxembourg's tax agency, who helped broker the deals ...

  • Press review: appeal in the LuxLeaks case

    The online portal EUobserver reported on 05.08.2016 about the decision of Luxemburg prosecuters to file a general appeal against the three defendants Deltour, Halet and Perrin in the LuxLeaks trial. "[...] Fabio de Masi, a German MEP from the United Left, who helped spearhead an EU parliament inquiry into the scandal said Luxembourg's public prosecutor would be better off probing Marius Kohl, a high-ranking, now retired official in Luxembourg's tax agency, who helped broker the deals ...

  • Swiss WikiLeaks trial: Fabio De Masi supports Ruedi Elmer

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    "Ruedi deserves to be lauded for his service to society, but instead continues to face prosecution. He needs to be acquitted. In times of LuxLeaks and Panama Papers, his prosecution will surely also evoke an international reaction", comments Fabio De Masi (Member of the European Parliament, DIE LINKE ...

  • LuxLeaks: Left supports Antoine Deltour and Edouard Perrin

    A press release of Fabio De Masi and David Wagner (déi Lénk)

    On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Fabio De Masi, GUE/NGL coordinator in the European Parliament's special TAXE committee on tax avoidance, created after the LuxLeaks scandal, will be attending the opening court session of the trial against the sources behind LuxLeaks. He will subsequently address the public at a joint press conference with David Wagner and will also speak at a public panel debate organised by the official solidarity campaign for Deltour and Perrin on Monday 25 April ...

  • Combatting the root causes for tax avoidance and tax dodging

    Joint Presse Release by Sahra Wagenknecht (parliamentary chairman of DIE LINKE in the Bundestag), Fabio De Masi (MEP for DIE LINKE) and Stéphanie Gibaud, whistleblower and finance expert

    Followed by an informal meeting, in which the French finance expert and whistleblower Stéphanie Gibaud reported about systematic assistance of big banks to tax dodging and the Member of the European Parliament, Fabio De Masi, informed about the recent developments in the European Parliament's special ...