Episode 11: Incentivising Whistleblowers to Expose Economic Crime
This episode explores the potential of whistleblower reward programmes to transform economic crime investigations.
CFS Director Tom Keatinge is joined by Eliza Lockhart, Research Fellow at CFS, and Nick Ephgrave, Director of the Serious Fraud Office, to discuss Eliza’s SOC ACE research paper, ‘The Role of Financial Rewards for Whistleblowers in the Fight Against Economic Crime’. Together, they examine how financial incentives could empower whistleblowers, tackle economic crime and drive cultural and systemic change in the UK.
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This research reviews the evidence from Canada and the US on the use of reward programmes for whistleblowers who report incidents of economic crime and evaluates it against concerns raised in two countries that are debating the implementation of such a scheme, Australia and the UK.
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Tom Keatinge
Director, CFS
Centre for Finance and Security
Eliza Lockhart
Research Fellow
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