Anonymity
Tip-offs are confidential
Your tip-offs are always treated confidentially: no one will be notified of them. Tip-offs may be a reason to launch an investigation. Tip-offs are always checked. We do our utmost to prevent anyone from finding out who is behind the tip-off. Your anonymity is therefore guaranteed. Sometimes, however, the court may demand that we disclose the identity of the informer.
Remaining anonymous
It is possible to submit tip-offs anonymously. But if we do not know the name of the informer, we often cannot do much with the information. We often need more information to be able to assess whether there has indeed been a violation. In those cases, it may be useful to be able to contact the informer.
Intelligence unit
The Board of the NMa has appointed several staff members as investigation officers, forming the intelligence unit. They can talk to you without anyone else at the NMa finding out your identity.You could also opt for an intermediary that has the privilege of non-disclosure. That means that it is the intermediary who discloses his or her identity to the NMa. You, on the other hand, remain anonymous. The intermediary becomes the person of contact for the NMa. And that situation can continue in case of further investigations.
Intermediaries with the privilege of non-disclosure are lawyers and notaries. Have you chosen not to be represented by an intermediary with the privilege of non-disclosure? You may then run the risk of the judge demanding the disclosure of your identity.
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