Global Whistleblowers
Here you will find the latest news, stories, and cases involving international whistleblowers.
Taiwan Substantially Increases Awards for Financial Whistleblowers
On January 7, Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced amendments to its “Directions for Encouraging the Public to Report Illegal Financial Activities by the Financial Supervisory Commission.” The amendments substantially increase the monetary amount of rewards available to whistleblowers who...
Chinese Journalist Receives 4 Year Prison Sentence for Reporting on Coronavirus
A Chinese journalist was sentenced to 4 years in prison for her reporting on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, according to a December 28, 2020 article from the South China Morning Post. This is the latest known occurrence of retaliation...
Germany’s Double-Standard on Whistleblowers on Full Display
Germany continues to behave as Europe’s most disingenuous country when it comes to protecting and valuing whistleblowers. German Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler last week voiced her support for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. She said she is “following with concern”...
Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied with – and then on – Denmark
In a shocking story that has yet to receive mainstream media attention, a whistleblower says the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) worked with their Danish counterparts to spy on many European countries. The NSA eventually used the arrangement to snoop...
Representatives From Postponed 2020 IUCN Marseille Congress Approve Motions With Key Whistleblower Provisions
Representatives from this year’s postponed International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress have approved a number of 2020 Marseille Congress motions with groundbreaking provisions for whistleblowers. The 2020 Congress was originally scheduled for June of 2020 but...
German Whistleblowers Help Make Millions for the US; Germany Goes Away Empty-Handed
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...
Malaysian Company Executive Criminally Charged with Whistleblower Retaliation
In what very well could be the first case of its kind anywhere, a high-ranking company executive in Malaysia has been arrested and criminally charged with whistleblower retaliation. Wearing a business suit and trying to hide his face behind a...
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Publishes Autumn #CovidCrimeWatch Newsletter
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...
First Full-Service International Organization For Whistleblower Rights Announced
The first internationally focused organization to support and counsel whistleblowers has been announced on December 9, according to a press release. The Center for Whistleblower Rights & Rewards (CWRR) has been announced today in honor of the UN’s International Anti-Corruption...
Leading Whistleblower Organizations Launch the European Center for Whistleblower Rights
On December 9, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) and Whistleblowing International announced the launch of the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, the first independent non-profit dedicated to securing stronger whistleblower laws in Europe, directly assisting European whistleblowers, and ensuring that...
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