Ex-PwC Employee Loses LuxLeaks Whistleblower Appeal

A former PwC LLP employee who passed tax information to a journalist in the LuxLeaks financial scandal lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday.

The court rejected an appeal by Raphael Halet, who argued that his right of freedom of expression had been infringed by a 2016 conviction in Luxembourg, later upheld on appeal, for revealing confidential PWC information on the firm’s dealings with multinational companies. The documents he provided formed part of the 2014 “LuxLeaks” investigation, which revealed secret tax arrangements between the corporations and the Luxembourg authorities.

Unlike Antoine Deltour,