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EU Court whistleblower sacked

Dougal Watt, the Scottish whistleblower who made public his allegations of high-level corruption in the EU Court of Auditors has been sacked, the Glasgow Herald reported today.

His dismissal comes at a time when another EU institution, the Commission, is being blamed for not acting against fraud cases in the EU statistical arm, Eurostat.

According to the newspaper, Mr Watt was informed on Thursday, on his 39th birthday, th...

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Dougal Watt’s claims also implicated the Commission and the EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF (Photo: Court of Auditors)

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