Global Whistleblowers

Now that nearly 50 countries have whistleblower protection laws in place, public demand for whistleblower support and legal representation has never been higher. Unfortunately, a vast majority of attorneys, public officials and even whistleblower advocates themselves lack the basic knowledge...

As the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress prepares to begin September 3-11 in Marseilles, France, there has been an increase in attention to “environmental defenders.'' Environmental defenders are defined by the United Nations (UN) as “individuals...

The Balkans is among the most difficult regions in Europe to be an activist, an independent journalist or a dissenter. Newspaper pages in Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia and other emerging democracies routinely are filled with reports of harassment, funding cuts, lawsuits,...

While Parliament members continue to struggle to replace a severely ineffective whistleblower protection law, the UK’s financial regulator is charging ahead with its own program. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received 2,754 reports of alleged misconduct for the year ending...

Corruption Watch, a South Africa-based nonprofit focused on anti-corruption, published a report on August 18 about corruption within local government. The report, “South Africa Needs Clean Hands,” provides information and analysis on the 32,998 whistleblower reports that Corruption Watch has...

One of the main reasons companies and governments oppose whistleblower systems is the fear they could be abused by angry or vengeful employees. A major report dispels this belief. A miniscule 4 percent of 700 German companies surveyed by KPMG...

A whistleblower based in Delhi, India uncovered 1.5 GB of information that allegedly contains information about widespread tax evasion. In a July 13 article in The Pioneer, journalist J. Gopikrishan describes the history of the case and its current status...

One of the longest-running whistleblower retaliation cases finally has come to an end. A full decade after the persecution against her began, Brigitte Fuzellier finally is a free person. Paraguay’s Supreme Court of Justice has dismissed the criminal complaint filed...

For the National Whistleblower Center’s National Whistleblower Day celebration, which Whistleblower Network News (WNN) co-sponsored, WNN had the pleasure of interviewing Thomas le Bonniec. In 2019, le Bonniec worked in Ireland for a subcontractor employed by Apple. When he first...

Jonathan Taylor, a whistleblower who was arrested in July 2020 while on a family holiday in Croatia, will be allowed to return home to the United Kingdom, according to a July 8 BBC article. For nine years, Taylor worked as...