Foreign Corruption

Securities and Exchange Commission In announcing its first two whistleblower awards of the year, the Securities and Exchange Commission notes: As set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and does not disclose information that...

Corruption persists worldwide and whistleblowers in many countries risk everything. So, two years ago a group of lawyers, anti-corruption activists and investigative journalists founded PPLAAF – French acronym for Plateforme de Protection des Lanceurs d’Alerte en Afrique –  Platform to...

The business writers at The New York Times promise a bump in white-collar crime news in 2020. At the same time, a series of reports raise concerns about oversight of the accounting industry. From The Times: Goldman Sachs is negotiating...

Whistleblowers worldwide pay a high price for exposing fraud and abuse. They are especially vulnerable in with counties with institutionalized corruption no rule of law. But, the demand for whistleblower protection is growing worldwide. Click here or the map for...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) financial whistleblower program has been busy, most lately announcing a $2 million award to “two model whistleblowers who provided the agency with significant information that prompted the CFTC to open an investigation....The multiple interviews...

6/27 Update:  The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) will seek access to the trial of accused whistleblower David McBride, according to Commonwealth lawyers, who say the national broadcaster has expressed an interest in influencing orders affecting the trial. Mr McBride, 55, was...

Citizens and activists can help stop environmental crime, but they need to know which laws apply, how to collect evidence and when to get a lawyer. Different approaches to the role of citizens in collecting and reporting evidence of environmental...

Did local regulators in Estonia and Denmark fail to flag the Danske Bank’s money laundering scheme? Seems EU regulators can't decide whether it was clearly money laundering or not. EU bank regulators looked into it and said yes. But their...

A provisional rule approved in March by the European Commission and member countries ensures “robust” protection for whistleblowers, according to the agency’s response to a letter from the National Whistleblower Center (NWC). Click for EU whistleblower video Under the proposed...

Corrupt government officials and informants who fear retribution. These are some of the challenges faced by citizens who become involved in helping enforce illegal logging regulations. Three panelists discussed these and other forestry crime issues at March 21 webinar on...