After starting in late April 2016, the trial examining the Lukleaks whistle-blowing affair that emerged in early November 2014 was concluded on Tuesday.
Two former employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Luxembourg, French nationals Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, were accused of taking confidential documents from the company and the Deputy State Prosecutor, David Lentz, requested that they be sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Meanwhile, an undisclosed fine was requested by the Deputy State Prosecutor for journalist Edouard Perrin, accused of distributing these leaks.
The LuxLeaks affair involved almost 30,000 documents highlighting the practice of 300+ companies establishing their tax liabilities with Luxembourg tax authorities in advanced as means of receiving tax breaks. It transpired that the practice was in fact legal and conducted in other countries. Companies involved included many of the world's largest corporations.
The trial lasted a total of three weeks.
