The Criminalisation and Protection of Whistleblowers in the EU’s Counter-Financial Crime Framework

Umut Turksen

The Criminalisation and Protection of Whistleblowers in the EU’s Counter-Financial Crime Framework

Umut Turksen

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Abstract

The last decade has been marked not only by the biggest financial crisis we have witnessed since the Wall Street Crash in 1929 but also by notorious whistleblowing
acts conducted against governments, security services, sporting and doping agencies (UEFA, the Olympics Committee) and major financial institutions (eg, UBS, HSBC, SwissLeaks, LuxLeaks, the Panama Papers and EULUX Leaks). We have also witnessed whistleblowers facing real professional and personal risks, including retribution, reprisals, intimidation and criminalisation, whereby their lives and careers have been irreparably damaged as a direct result of retaliation against whistleblowers. This chapter critically examines the protection afforded to whistleblowers in the context of financial crimes such as tax evasion and money laundering in the EU.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	White Collar Crime - A Comparative Perspective
Editors	Katalin Ligeti, Stanislaw Tosza
Publisher	Hart Publishing
Chapter	7
Pages	331-366
Number of pages	36
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9781509917891
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2018

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Whistleblowers
Criminalisation
Financial crime
European Union

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The Criminalisation and Protection of Whistleblowers in the EU’s Counter-Financial Crime Framework

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