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Sabina Ćudić shocked the collective conscience of Bosnian society last year when she revealed photos of disabled children tied to their beds at a care home outside Sarajevo. Last week Ćudić was honored for her integrity, courage and public service....

“Hope is the hallelujah choir behind the sermon.” With these words, essayist Andrea Helm adds a poignant coda to the inaugural issue of The Southeast Europe Whistleblower Journal. Entitled “New Times, New Hope,” the publication commemorates the fifth anniversary of...

Dr. Rick Bright made headlines last month for his role as a whistleblower during the coronavirus crisis. After filing a whistleblower complaint with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) in early May, he later testified before the House Energy and...

Over the weekend, the growing scandal engulfing the German digital payment giant Wirecard reached the point of no return. In the Bavarian city of Aschheim near Munich, police searched Wirecard’s headquarters for evidence showing whether the DAX-listed company made misleading...

In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General William Barr earlier this month, Senator Charles Grassley wrote that he “vehemently disagreed” with a Department of Justice (DOJ) brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Grassley, a longtime advocate for...

While America begged OPEC to lower oil production to save markets battered by the coronavirus pandemic, a group of commodities traders asked the Supreme Court to finally decide an oil price-fixing case with major implications for how corruption related to this global commodity is regulated here at home. The case is notable because it involves laws protecting against commodities...

Yesterday, the country celebrated National Whistleblower Day. The day celebrates whistleblowers' contributions to democracy, and commemorates the Founding Fathers' unanimous passage of the first U.S. whistleblower law on July 30, 1778. The National Whistleblower Center hosted its annual National Whistleblower Day celebration...

A great strength of the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 (H.R. 5697) is that it integrates innovative mechanisms for combating the illicit wildlife trade with preexisting wildlife protection methods. This post will explain how frontline enforcement innovations can...

This is a multi-part series on the Whistleblower Protection Blog covering the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018.  What do Atlanta teachers, crooked investors, mafiosos, and Mexican cartel members all have in common? The answer: all were indicted under...

This is a multi-part series on the Whistleblower Protection Blog covering the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018.  Whistleblowers have reported on securities violations, alerted the IRS to tax fraud, uncovered foreign corruption, provided information about government contract fraud,...