for international like screws is that's it could be attacked in other countries because it was a really, a, it was going to far and, and i just and, and i, i found out this in 2010 a as in the context that's maybe quite similar is the current context, it was the context of post financial increase is, is a very strong database about the public budgets, especially in greece. greece has a very strong pressure to, uh, 2 cuts or endings uh, ends with the increasing inequalities. there was many people struggling to, to have access, which patients who have a and, and, and in my opinion. so it was

a direction between the difficulties of governments to collect enough resources to face to go to use and, and what's i was observing in luxembourg with big motivation most was huge. profits was most no uh, tax paid. i spent 4 years at the lloyd, then it was the lloyd and touche that was one of price waterhouse coopers, major competitors. so i know what kind of training you went through. it was the same as my training. we were taught that if you see something illegal were unethical, you must reported immediately. you go through the chain of command or through the ethics officer. and if your chain of command is involved in the illegal or unethical behavior, you go to the government. what was the process that you went through to report the wrong doing? and when did you decide to go to the media? actually a. so there are many steps. and so the 1st one was my food

understanding of a single case. because i, i, i of the things that more and more often i mean my, my work and the once i did mesa's, as a junior, are due to her because i already did my search for small entity. and i had the full, uh um, there's a google picture of what was going on between the old, the, the entities as a group. and i found out that owes it for free, if that's for shifted to december over and that's, that's anyway. so then i had to choose that's, that's some thing was going wrong. and then that i kind of lost my motivation in my work because i didn't phones the social utility. i was looking for an in my, in my work. so i decided to resign. but since it's a day before my last day, i was searching the significance of firm and and i found

a folder containing a hundreds of tax readings. and this was absolutely not normal because um, uh, the 4 uh, uh, protects very or should protects very strongly these uh, the dates are concerned exec hands. and so this phone service, any without any protection was just a free excess of the network. so i decided you took a pc, says he's folder, and that's moving precisely what i would do with this information. and it's true that's normally i should have um, 1st i wanted my this is the intent of the whizzing because of what you see and, and find someone to, to, to, to, to tell my concerns. and that's, and if it does work,

i may maybe uh, to share this information with the government. but in this case, uh, both as a firm and as a government was involved in these next meetings, so that there was no drones, tu, tu, tu, tu, tu, tu? blows and we fell. we between 2 to 2 these uh entities. so i, so what i decided is to 1st to, to make sure. so it's my own understanding of the textbook just isn't it looks and bert was right. so i, i, i tried to contact some into use, uh, originally involved in a text and i to, i was in europe just to make sure that's what they found was a problem was really appropriate. and, and then i tried to, i'm in there the just you say, and then you will see another read your program and on a, on

a blog just to share probably she may, may come sounds, but it's anonymous. and then a journalist investigates you've done that is working for french gigi contacted me because he reads one of a, a disease. so comments on a blog and, and the he thought i was waiting for him so he wants it tomorrow and i accepted to meet him and, and i decided to share as a huge amount of absence. next agreement i had, i share the information with him and investigated. and a tv program was the book goes to the false and it was so in your game, talk about the people you see the expertise using it looks numbered,

and then uh the tumors where shall we see? i c, h a and this led to the so called look, some borges looks like a story which involves the dozens of joint i used to runs a welding over the continuance. and that's and who we exist today. t. the some cases like i'm at the april and i can get the piano as well. and let's say almost all of the brands, you know, as a consumer, we're in involved. and if they were involved in the pennsylvania size, uh they, you can assume that they have almost the same textbook disease, always the nose or the need for a company. that's why it was a system. it's a issue that's could be c t's on the public.

see was a was and so it was a work of investigate chief objectives. once he went to the press and provided documents to prove your allegations, did you think the experience was over? were you surprised that the government took legal action against you? i felt that there's a source i was for the seat and such was the plan. uh yes, i read. yeah. i, i so it's that, that my boss was over and the day did the right thing to do and, and, and that was the ends of this 3 and my thoughts and the, and it says it says it's, the program was booked. that book tested in 2012 and and to 3 years past and the 2014 is no, nothing more. and so this is a design busing i, i was thinking that's a, was a risk. i have taken a dense realize that let's say that says i had,

i didn't have to suffer any consequence of the of the housing belongs will be. so i both in 2014. so 2 years after i show the difference and that i, i realize that like some burg authorities launched a proceedings against me against a no service of over. i say that a and also against a strong i just it was down. were speaking with famed european was a blower entwined del tour. we're going to take a short break and come back with more of our conversation. stay with us. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 the

welcome back to the whistle blowers. i'm john korea, who were speaking with european whistleblower and twan del tour about his work against corporate tax evasion in luxembourg. and one, thanks again for joining us. and one, let's talk about the charges against you. despite the fact that you reported on an illegality like many whistle blowers you were prosecuted. tell us about that. it says very and just because it's the only person in the concerns, by good procedures or as those of people who have shut the

lights on the vault on a global issue, which is the best practices of the nation, national companies and every citizen into the world is concerned because it's a matter of o governments than the finance uh, policies. uh and so at the end. so the main effects of uh, of the, of the story was this particular reaction that is that sense was strong in view environments. a committee and investigation committee was created. so as that's a move to several countries in u ups. and as it is, look simberg, mazda 2, just to interview a tax professionals to, to, to, to, to understand what was going on. so it, it had some consequences and those effects was in europe changed followings. this

is alexis, some, some of the case cases were investigated by european commission. we some decisions to, to, to condemn some tax purchases. so he just had some consequences. but the only person that was a was a, a, a criminal charges child. she's lawyers, a reset, hers and android. so as a journalist and, and as a, as a research girl. and you know, it's john, you, you often uh you, you will find are very vulnerable because your loan is no uh gold advise is no, no one runs you to, to support you. so it can be very, very, very destructive and, and maybe you might, it may look in history and which is maybe um and

that's the recurrence for reset the was a, was that's a, this is theresa look, seats 3 was very visible inside of the job. and that's why when like simple groceries decides to charge a so, so we said over as soon as i was image image of the a strong public reaction and the simple to committee was pretty cheated. we some, those relate to using also some of the activities, some text, my task. and this supports community was very active to together fundies together as a public supports. and this was really, really helpful to, to, to cope with the, with the criminal charges. so here were found guilty and then your conviction was upheld on appeal. many people would have given up, they would have cut their losses because the sentence was suspended,

but you didn't give up. you appealed again. and you one, tell us about your decision to challenge that conviction the 2nd time and about the final court's decision to acquit you. is true at the beginning, i was, was king of 10 years in jail and the sign above the 1000000 euro. so was the 1st and then missions suspends each combination to play as most accurate of as soon as the tv is use and the interest to drop or is this story, which was the, a pressuring it's a can do very, this goes to, to me, you have to leave is this pressure of, of the trials and really yours of a for media. how so a so, but, but that's a, it was a matter of principle and i says, and lots of people did wrong. me was telling me that i was a, these was the right thing to do and, and i don't understand to be condemned for,

for this. and i really says that's the, that's the, that's the lows was on my side. so we stick on sort of made or yours, i decided to appease the 1st the contamination. and again, i was, i was condemned to another sentence, a reduced sentence, and a piece that came to the higher court in, in looks and berg, and a just stage a for me it was just the steps to have access to the u. p. on the call to human rights to reach can go on the when you have the ended, we suppose the eat up is supposed to be a piece at the national level. and so i, i just, the width is less that it looks and broke just to have access to the european court . but then that looks and broke, surprisingly the book reads these a,

our ideas that i was a movie said over according to the case, low of your typical so human rights and then a nice trails of false. trailing nixon burg just going sims's and acquisition, and that, that's um. so john, i just was of select received as a 2nd as a 1st to sheets, but i say that they list in the higher courts in looks on broad. and then he had to go to the european coast of human rights, which decided on you got a few re, so months ago that he was also a true re over sub or tell us about the reaction to your whistle blowing not by the luxembourg government, but by the european union, it seems to me that they were far more clear headed an understanding of what you had done in your whistle blowing. it depends on who you are thinking about

a european liver because it is true that is huge and by humans was quite support. see if we see the creation of an investigative committee and, and that's some huge inclination, like not ready to invest. i go, i was so supportive sayings that looks legs do if she moves with her head forward in her investigations, if it's wrong. but what's maids, a police interest on the street was also the fact that at that moment, as you can uh, commission, the presidents of the judge and commission was who would you go? we was a former prime minister of fedex and burke for many, many years. and so, so it was the reaction from your printer, which is alexis, but uh,

from sending the head of your commission was more of a reaction of, let's say, a defensive reaction. just trying to justify what had been done. and that was in the interest of the economic development of flux and birth, but not the but the reason she was that's this next strategy in newark, sunbrook was very detrimental to old. its neighbors gemini, false. it's a true and n as this was so tiny contributory to the google or prove people as a true european constriction, we'd see which is sarah collaboration of the, of number of states. so i think that was a real contribution in political eviction for the photo beings, a lex leaks, and that currency. these 2 have a big troubles in a way to fax, a global firms,

pietro's declaration of companies as to rely on national laws. and when you are a move to national companies, it seems very easy to shift proof is from one place to another to avoid a tax regulations. i'd like to thank our guest, antoine delta. we're both for joining us and for his courage. and i'd like to thank our viewers for tuning and remember standing up to your government mean standing up for your country. that's what entwined del tour did. and the entire european union is a better place because of it, that kind of behavior, that love of country that love of the truth is what we should all strive for. i'm john curiosity when you've been watching the whistle blowers until next time. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 the

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best the least common interest. so we can do a roadmap for cooperation, their principal corporation. and this was that we start to, to lead to, to, uh we, we the end in one day to go until took. he has one of the presidential election on sunday and the 2 leading candidates from the 1st rounds bottles golden balls. over a 100 people die and 2 weeks of spiraling violence between communities in central, my dear area. the washington is in danger of defaulting for the 1st time in history. as the us government is running out of money, i'm time to pay. it said the

very welcome. this is all to international with the very latest world news update is good to have you with us. not top story this. so it says the hours are less people to take to the post to it like to the next president to 1000000 ballots for sundays. well, not from citizens living a boat have already arrived in on correct? are these more i to mom me reposing from is done bullshit. the details with my colleague p disclosed we know that are due on the side of the 50 percent vote that he needed. and occlusal also 45 percent, also side out. of course, both of these schools get detailed and everyone's back to the polls. tomorrow. we're looking for a set closest. i'm 60000000 people are looking to be voting tomorrow. are the ones just it's 51 percent. now, soon on or on, you may remember from the 1st round the ad 5 to said of the votes he's sided with

our dog. and hopefully he's hopefully by his votes. as we'll go that way, click start all has decided with the a, c p, and they get a policy. we'll see if they join the vote as to is going to be itself once a cool, but most people are expected to see are the water for the next 5 years ahead of this obviously crucial election mariah they assume you've been walking around this stumble in the streets, what's the general atmosphere like? is there a sense of how important this will going boats as people are really excited, that there are a lot of these on these things going on the c h, b, ad akbar. they're both running people to get them to the police station tomorrow because there is a fear that people may not go. but if they do, we know that they'll be excitement in the air and we know that we'll find out very soon who the leader of to get will be a turkish vote. is prepared to head to the polls for the 1st round. concerns were raised by west the main stream media of the direction the country could take. should the ones that you know the to autism or were, you know, cause of, of,

of picks up the story. and it's well known that the general consensus and the was that's a d a is run by a dictator. and if or the one wins, again, it will spell disaster for their relationship with the country and for the nation itself. but the traders don't normally go into a runoff and people don't usually both. if they know that they're both mean nothing . and so t a boat, a turnout has been consistently high for many years. advertising at over 80 percent . if so, k is a dictatorship. why did people both are testing their votes? here and if i should turn out is high because these elections are vitals because it's a deciding factor for the countries fate. and everyone knows this. they can think for themselves to join us. the people are happy with the president and his administration. and because of this, i think they went to the polls in larger numbers. i think the system is effective and it will be even more effective. in the 2nd round. it would be healthy or the

old administration remained, but no matter who will come to power, we have no choice, but to respect the outcome, you're asking about my personal opinion. i think we're jump, dave antoine is a world leader off the western media isn't buying that states and that no matter what, so these elections will not be free or fair. i guess we know what their conclusion will be if their favorite candidates lose is, but it's not just about the presidential elections which have demonstrated people's belief in the system. it's also about the parliamentary elections. where are the ones a k party secure the majority of seats? the fact that the 14th of may elections took place in the form of acquire a feast of democracy with peace and quiet is an expression of democratic, mature to volunteer to yeah, i congratulate all my citizens who voted in the name of democracy and took pars and relax and work and express my gratitude to each and every one of them. some would argue that sort of soft force to votes, otherwise they face a fine,

but that statement is misleading. so it may have compulsory votes and like many other countries, but it's not enforced. when the, the people, the do not close, they get the message is so that they can and the follow up with the but it's not to implement that as a fine. it's not makes if the kid shows uh, you know, way, but this is something too much of a sample for going there and voting as a citizen. and this not only, and so here where people have been casting their pilots and fast the number of charge smoking from a broad, nearly doubled since the 2018 the elections, germany. it has the largest partners diaspora around a 1000000 and a half people. and 26 palling stations were open to if they even opened poland stations in new countries like bellas pockets. don n as the waiting. yeah. so it seems that the key is expanding. it's alex oral process following the countries transition from a parliamentary to a presidential system 4 years ago. so far as success. if we judge by boat or turn

out numbers. but the was the still focused on headlines related to election rigging, for an interference and press suppression. unable to explain that and why people are still voting and choosing the so called dictate are associated professor of international relations. abraham corrupts us, explains why to a case presidential election has seen such a high turnover. i don't know, it was high because the people are man made the collections of the college as to how much space decision making. can they know that the the have to wait for 5 and 5 more years to explain these, these tests on the government side, the people that's more worried about the fits which group or to add on to the big i see i call the 3 that last link,

the majority of people are to coordinate those lot of disadvantage and the, this combination before the rest and countries are almost tied to a con. please excuse me till presenting made them of speech before blending. do they need to care? they should look at the space in the countries, the guarding the media. we can not write an optical which of courses do use time like i myself for the i to do, right? the article in less than media the i used to of to go is a sophomore 3 by the to scholar monday to and probably should. small turkey has been struggling. so whether come a crippling economic crisis. last october, inflation his 85 percent before slipping to 44 percent in a pro. it took his levels and hit the rank higher level of 20 games for us. so the on friday that what it to at large of t o t well uses,

aaron believes that the economic situation will know time and effect on who people vote for. the dollar has been high now for more than a couple of months. so this isn't a new development, this isn't something that's shocking that is automatically going to change the minds of voters today because it's not something that immediately happens. so i don't think it's a market moving regarding the psychology of voters where it's going to ship voters who are undecided or who are on the swing, obviously the ad on and cannot coached at all. so this is something that they're just present that has address. i don't for see him changing his economic policies, but regarding economy, i do see much more support for businesses, especially at the manufacturing a export in the defense sector in the health and education. so he's, he will try to most likely by injecting more liquidity into the market, try to support these companies, also making more credit available for growth and for employment as well. so his,

his economic policies most likely from what i've seen from his interviews that he's given, will stand as is, but the government will be more proactive if his administration continues in supporting businesses in supporting employment. will continue to calling you on special coverage on the technician presidential run of election this sunday on the t. so they stay tuned for all the latest developments the we strongly believe that we will continue to serve our nation for the next 5 years or so to me, we will absolutely, absolutely. when these elections in the 2nd round, every one will say the and now i have to africa. well the 400 people have been killed in central nigeria. and what local officials are saying, what tax by and gunman on farm and communities. the violence which started 2 weeks

ago has resulted in mass displacements of low cost affected people. and especially women and children are both traumatized and have immediate humanitarian need, such as food, water and dignity and sanitation kits. we condemned these barbaric acts in the strongest terms possible. it is disheartening to see innocent citizens being killed and their property is destroyed in such a gruesome manner. the region is located between nigeria, as mostly muslim the mazda. it could, the community in the north, and mainly christy and farmers in the south for use. it struggled and made ethnic and religious tensions with the violence escalating of the last few weeks after a brief response during the countries february and march elections. while local residents hold on see that the government isn't doing enough to stop such tragic events. their reasons is if you go from a what do they need to maybe to provide enough enough security to.