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Paying UK whistleblowers would halt 'brain drain,' says SFO's Ephgrave

By Martin Coyle ( January 31, 2025, 13:20 GMT | Insight) -- Whistleblowers could act as “key holders” to help the UK’s Serious Fraud Office crack open investigations, its head Nick Ephgrave has said, repeating his calls to pay individuals to help the agency. The former policeman said that while the agency does currently use whistleblowers they only come forward in about five percent of SFO cases. Paying those individuals would boost those numbers, Ephgrave said. Whistleblowers could act as “key holders” to help the UK’s Serious Fraud Office crack open investigations, its head Nick Ephgrave has said, repeating his calls to pay individuals to help the agency....

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