Raphaël Halet, former employee of the PwC audit firm and whistleblower in the Luxleaks case, on March 16, 2016, is at the center of the judgment that the Metz Court of Appeal will deliver on Thursday on the protection of sources .

In the tax evasion practiced by hundreds of multinationals with the help of his Luxembourg employer, Raphaël Halet decided in 2012 to reveal confidential documents to a journalist, becoming a central player in a scandal with worldwide repercussions.
Sentenced in 2014 in Luxembourg for "theft, computer fraud and money laundering" to a suspended six-month prison sentence and a fine of 1,000 euros in this so-called "LuxLeaks" case, this 45-year-old father of two children is at the center of the judgment that the Court of Appeal of Metz will render on Thursday on the protection of sources.
The magistrates will rule on the validity of a search carried out in November 2014 at his home in Mosellan in the presence of representatives of his former employer, the Luxembourg consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). With the approval of a judge from Metz, the firm had seized its email exchanges with Edouard Perrin, the journalist to whom Mr. Halet had delivered information.