RETRIAL UPHOLDS LUXLEAKS WHISTLEBLOWER CONVICTIONS
March 1st, 2017
The Luxembourg Court of Appeal has confirmed the June 2016 conviction of two whistleblowers in the infamous Luxleaks case that raised the lid on secret tax rulings between the grand duchy’s government and multinational companies. The court upheld the convictions of former PwC accounting firm employees Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet in the ruling on the two separate appeals, one brought by the two defendants, the other the Luxembourg prosecutor, which saw the original sentence as too lenient. Nevertheless, the court lowered Deltour’s suspended sentence ...
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