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NEWS: UK should rethink its ‘long held antipathy’ to paying whistleblowers, study finds

Nick Ephgrave, director of the UK Serious Fraud Office.

BY PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

THE UK should reconsider its resistance to paying whistleblowers to reduce economic crime, according to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). 

The defence and security think tank argues that a payment programme could significantly enhance white-collar crime investigations, echoing calls from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

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