法律文章
23 五月 2025在 Nascer do SOL
OPINION | Anonymous complaints: the mire of the investigation
With the exception of genuine whistleblowers, the majority of informants/whistleblowers collaborate with well-defined intentions.
The phrase that a judge uttered in a media criminal case has become famous: ‘The use of whistleblowers has turned the investigation into a veritable mire’.
On the back of a so-called anonymous tip-off, criminal proceedings are launched against a citizen when, in fact, there is no whistleblower. It is still common for intrusive measures to be taken against citizens on the basis of anonymous complaints.
Opinion article by Carlos Melo Alves in the opinion column ‘Burden of Proof’ in the newspaper Nascer do Sol.