Foreign Corruption

Last year German citizens provided information to US authorities in 44 whistleblower cases, because they believed nobody in Germany would listen to them if they pointed out misconduct in the financial sector and other industries. Germans are numerically in second...

On December 3, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an order filing and settling corruption charges against Vitol Inc., an energy and commodities trading firm.  The CFTC charged Vitol with manipulative and deceptive conduct, including foreign corruption.  As...

The hottest topic in the world of whistleblowing today is monetary rewards. Long unjustly dismissed by policy-makers as perverting the noble cause of citizen crime-fighting, financial incentives are now being offered in more than 10 countries in Europe, South America,...

A major new study shows Europe has fallen behind other regions in several important whistleblowing indicators. The study confirms the extent to which managers silence and punish workers who expose corruption – and the urgent need for European countries to...

Two embarrassing whistleblower retaliation cases, an unusually harsh report from the OECD, and an admission from a top public official that whistleblowers are “on your own” are seriously challenging the Netherlands’ commitment to protecting its own people from reprisals. On...

On October 21, Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese journalist who exposed widespread corruption in the Maltese government, was named the co-winner of the 2020 Allard Prize for International Integrity. She shares the prestigious award with whistleblower Howard Wilkinson, a former...

Sargeant Marine Inc., a multinational asphalt company, has pleaded guilty to violating the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and has agreed to pay $16.6 million to the U.S. government. Sargeant Marine admitted to three separate bribe...

A Grand Jury in Brooklyn, NY has indicted a Mexican citizen for facilitating bribes to former Ecuadorian officials. The man, Javier Aguilar, currently resides in the U.S. and worked as a trader for an unnamed multinational oil distribution and trading...

A coalition of international whistleblower advocacy groups has filed a public comment with Latvia’s government, providing suggestions for strengthening the country’s first whistleblower law passed in 2019. The coalition, consisting of the National Whistleblower Center, Whistleblowing International, the European Center for Whistleblower Rights,...

The African elephant is under attack, and has been for some time. Of the roughly 400,000 African elephants alive today, nearly 20,000 are poached every year for their ivory tusks, which can be sold for great prices on the black...