BRITISH THINK TANK WANTS AMERICAN WHISTLEBLOWING PROTECTIONS CREATED IN THE UK
November 26th, 2024
Whistleblower incentives developed in the USA should be introduced in the UK to help deter and detect corporate fraud, a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has argued (1).
While the number of successful whistleblower claims is low compared to the number of tipoffs made, the value of successful sanctions resulting from whistleblower incentivisation is so high that it” dramatically exceeds the cost of processing the tip-offs”, said the think tank’s Fixing Fraud report, authored by lawyer Dr Alison Cronin, of Bournemouth University.
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