Global Whistleblowers
Here you will find the latest news, stories, and cases involving international whistleblowers.
UN, Governments and Advocacy Organizations to Recognize International Anti-Corruption Day National Whistleblower Center joins as Part of the Day’s Celebration
Washington, D.C. December 6, 2016. This Friday, December 9th, the United Nations and anti-corruption organizations around the world will celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day. International Anti-Corruption Day annually recognizes the critical fight against fraud and corruption, and provides a venue to...
National Whistleblower Center Participates in International Anti-Corruption Conference in Belgrade
Today, the NWC's Executive Director Stephen Kohn will take part in the “For Every Truth There Is a Source: Protecting Whistleblowers and Journalistic Sources” conference in Belgrade, Serbia. This international conference, hosted by the Serbian whistleblower advocacy group Pištaljkaa (The...
KKC Partner Is Panelist at Belgrade Anti-Corruption Conference
This week KKC Partner Stephen Kohn is participating in an anti-corruption conference in Belgrade, Serbia as a featured panelist. The conference entitled “For Every Truth There Is a Source: Protecting Whistleblowers and Journalistic Sources,” is hosted by the Serbian whistleblower...
Attorney General Lynch: U.S. Committed to Fighting International Fraud and Corruption
Cites FCPA & FCA as powerful detection and enforcement tools In remarks delivered to a group of Italian and American leaders and law enforcement officials on Thursday in Rome, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch highlighted the powerful tools the...
UBS Whistleblower Chronicles the Demise of Swiss Banking Secrecy
In 2012, Bradley Birkenfeld made history when he obtained the largest whistleblower reward ever given to an individual whistleblower in the twenty-five year history of federal qui tam or whistleblower reward laws, for reporting IRS Tax Fraud. This month the...
Encouraging Whistleblower Legislation in West African States
The Economic Community of West African States’, or ECOWAS, recently held a weeklong anti-corruption meeting in Monrovia, Liberia. Attendees included 13 West African countries, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Arms, and international partners. As Tunde Ajisomo, ECOWAS ambassador...
SEC Enforcement Director Speaks on The Impact of the Whistleblower Program
On September 14, 2016, SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney spoke at the Sixteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference about the SEC’s whistleblower program. His remarks covered issues from the impact of the whistleblower program on the Agency to the role...
Whistleblower Group Demands IOC Allow Russian Whistleblower to Compete in Olympics
On Sunday July 24, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) informed Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova that she is not allowed to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite being given clearance by the International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to compete...
Russian Whistleblower—Olympics 2016
Yuliya Stepanova, Russian 800-meter runner, has bravely and spectacularly blown the whistle on widespread doping inside her country. Stepanova and her husband, who worked for the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), spoke out in 2014 about a sophisticated state-run doping system...
Expert Report Highly Critical of UK Whistleblower Protection Laws, Calls for Urgently Needed Reforms
A recent report published by Blueprint for Free Speech and the Thomson Reuters Foundation has found that UK law "does not–and cannot–adequately protect whistleblowers." The report, entitled “Protecting Whistleblowers in the UK: A New Blueprint,” closely examines the UK’s existing whistleblower...
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