It was one of the key messages sent out from the journalists who broke the Panama Papers scandal, at a hearing before the European Parliament committee of investigation bearing the same name, on Tuesday 27 September. It was also the subject of an initiative by the Green members of the European Parliament a little later that day: protection for whistleblowers.
"Please make sure that whistleblowers can speak up", said Kristof Clerix, a journalist with the Belgian magazine Knack, at the end...