A court in Luxembourg has pressed charges against a French journalist over his role in revealing the so-called “LuxLeaks” scandal involving custom-made tax deals for large corporations, reports FRANCE 24.
"The investigative judge charged a French journalist accused of being a co-author, if not an accomplice in crimes committed by a former PwC [PricewaterhouseCoopers] employee," the prosecutor's office said in a statement on Thursday, without naming the journalist.
A court source later confirmed that the French journalist is Edouard Perrin, who first broke the story in 2012 in a programme on France 2 TV station.
The scandal did not really erupt until last November when newspapers pored over 28,000 pages of documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), revealing the full scale of the tax breaks won by 340 companies.
The “LuxLeaks” scandal exposed deals that saved some of the world's largest companies, including Apple, IKEA and Pepsi, billions of dollars in taxes.