• ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • CAREERS
  • CONTACT
Monday, January 18, 2021
Subscribe to Newsletter
No Result
View All Result
Whistleblower Network News
  • Home
  • News
    • Corporate
    • Dodd-Frank
    • False Claims-Qui Tam
    • Foreign Corruption
    • Government
    • Intelligence
    • IRS & Tax
    • Legislation
    • OSHA
    • Sarbanes-Oxley
    • SEC
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Whistleblower of the Week
Whistleblower Network News
  • Home
  • News
    • Corporate
    • Dodd-Frank
    • False Claims-Qui Tam
    • Foreign Corruption
    • Government
    • Intelligence
    • IRS & Tax
    • Legislation
    • OSHA
    • Sarbanes-Oxley
    • SEC
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Whistleblower of the Week
No Result
View All Result
Whistleblower Network News
No Result
View All Result
Home Global Whistleblowers

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Publishes Autumn #CovidCrimeWatch Newsletter 

Ana PopovichbyAna Popovich
December 9, 2020
in Global Whistleblowers, News
Reading Time: 4min read
0
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Autumn #CovidCrimeWatch Newsletter
Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInEmail

In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) published a new edition of their #CovidCrimeWatch newsletter on December 9. The Autumn newsletter features “a number of stories from across the world on the issue of irregularities in the public procurement sector.”

The newsletter notes how many European countries headed into another lockdown in late October due to a second wave of COVID-19, which prompted an increase in the awarding of “public contracts for the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE),” according to the website. With the increase in public contracts, the newsletter states that “many governments have suspended their usual funding-accountability and public-procurement rules.”

RelatedPosts

Drone Manufacturing Company To Pay $25 Million For Making False Claims, Using Recycled Drone Parts

Department of Labor Awards Delta Air Lines Whistleblower $500,000 in Compensatory Damages

SEC Sets New Record for Money Awarded to Whistleblowers in a Fiscal Year

Load More

“While corners have often been cut with the genuine intention of meeting the needs of the population as soon as possible, the health crisis has also provided a perfect opportunity for political elites to game the system in myriad ways,” the newsletter states. 

Protect Yourself: Purchase the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Purchase the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Purchase the New Whistleblower Handbook

Included in the newsletter are breakdowns of the issues various countries are facing during the pandemic in regards to public contracts for PPE. These overviews highlight the lack of transparency from governments all over the world and include several links to reports, investigations, and information relevant to PPE public contracts and COVID-related expenses. The newsletter mentions one case in England in which England’s government was questioned for involving a private company that was “awarded a £108 million (US$140 million) public contract for contract-tracing work in England.” Citizens were concerned that this was an act of “possible favouritism” when an email was leaked that “showed that the company had been approached as early as January and was awarded the contract without it being put to an open tender process,” according to the newsletter. Another instance of a lack of transparency allegedly occurred in Albania, where “public contracts worth millions of euros for PPE and other medical equipment have raised suspicions of corrupt practices and clientelism.”

The page also includes a downloadable Excel spreadsheet that compiles news articles from around the world about COVID-19 fraud and crime. 

In the UN’s recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day, the organization points to the importance of whistleblower protections in combating corruption. Whistleblowers who have spoken up during the COVID-19 pandemic have been integral in uncovering fraud and misconduct in these tumultuous times, from Wuhan Central Hospital opthamologist Dr. Li Wenliang who tried to warn his coworkers about the dangers of the virus in late December of 2019 to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee Jay Brainard, whose whistleblower complaint prompted the TSA to make changes to their COVID-19 protocol. Healthcare whistleblowers have also voiced concerns about safety protocols on the front lines of treating the pandemic: relief charge nurse Jhonna Porter was allegedly retaliated against for trying to warn her coworkers about their workplace’s lack of COVID-19 safety measures, while nurses at a Massachusetts nursing home were allegedly retaliated against for speaking out about extreme understaffing and unsafe working conditions. 

View the GI-TOC Autumn newsletter here. 

Learn more about International Anti-Corruption Day. 

Read WNN’s reporting of COVID-19 whistleblowers.

 

Tags: International Anti-Corruption Day
Previous Post

First Full-Service International Organization For Whistleblower Rights Announced

Next Post

A Vital Award Fund that Protects Whistleblowers is at Risk. Congress Must Act.

Ana Popovich

Ana Popovich

Ana Popovich is a contributing editor with Whistleblower Network News, where she writes about breaking whistleblower news, healthcare fraud whistleblowers, and Covid-19 fraud whistleblowers. Ana has a B.A. in English from Georgetown University. While at Georgetown, she was the marketing chair of an affinity group and wrote content for the McDonough School of Business’ Business for Impact program. In 2018, Popovich was a public interest legal intern at the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto. 

Next Post
CFTC Award Fund

A Vital Award Fund that Protects Whistleblowers is at Risk. Congress Must Act.

Write a Letter to The Editor.

Most Popular

Deutsche Bank to Pay over $130 Million to Settle FCPA Charges

1 week ago

Kim Farrington

7 days ago

Smart Home Tech Company Settles FIRREA Whistleblower Case With DOJ For $3.2 Million

4 days ago

President-elect Biden Nominates William J. Burns as Head of CIA

6 days ago

Taiwan Substantially Increases Awards for Financial Whistleblowers

5 days ago

Whistleblower to Receive $480,000 in Settlement, Lawyer Explains the Case

5 days ago

Whistleblower Poll

Increased Whistleblower Protections
Legislation

Candidate’s Position on Increased Whistleblower Protections Influences 44% of Likely Voters

byAna Popovich
October 6, 2020
0

Protect Yourself: Buy the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Buy the New Whistleblower Handbook Protect Yourself: Buy the New Whistleblower Handbook

STAY INFORMED. Sign up for daily whistleblower email and social notifications from the Whistleblower Network News.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Qui Tam

  • Dodd-Frank
  • IRS & Tax
  • SEC
  • Foreign Corruption
  • False Claims-Qui Tam

Retaliation

  • OSHA
  • Sarbanes-Oxley

Government

  • Government
  • Intelligence
  • Legislation
  • Veterans

Features

  • Whistleblower of the Week
  • Editorial
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Opinion

Resources

  • FAQs
  • National Whistleblower Day
  • National Whistleblower Center
  • Whistleblower Handbook
Whistleblower Network News

Whistleblower Network News is an independent online newspaper providing our readers with up-to-date information on whistleblowing. Our goal is to be the best source of information on important qui tam, anti-corruption, compliance, and whistleblower law developments. 

Submit an Article
  • ABOUT
  • ADVERTISE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • CAREERS
  • CONTACT

Copyright © 2020, Whistleblower Network News. All Rights Reserved.

This Newspaper/Web Site is made available by the lawyer or law firm publisher for educational purposes only as well as to give you general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide specific legal advice. By using this website, you understand that there is no attorney-client relationship between you and the Newspaper/Web Site publisher. The Newspaper/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Corporate
    • Dodd-Frank
    • False Claims-Qui Tam
    • Foreign Corruption
    • Government
    • Intelligence
    • IRS & Tax
    • Legislation
    • OSHA
    • Sarbanes-Oxley
    • SEC
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Whistleblower of the Week
  • Login

Copyright © 2020, Whistleblower Network News. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Google
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Sign Up with Facebook
Sign Up with Google
OR

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Go to mobile version