Opinion

Whistleblowers and Wildlife Trafficking Countering wildlife trafficking and enabling protection for whistleblowers go hand-in-hand. Following Sara Walker’s article on disrupting wildlife trafficking through enhancing whistleblower protections, this article looks more specifically into whistleblower protection in policy developments at the multilateral...

Congress allocated a total of $669 billion to the Small Business Association (SBA) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) so that businesses across the country could seek relief in one of our country’s most trying times. Then, the problems started....

“Sherron, even if it’s the last $10,000 you have, you have to use it to hire an attorney.  If what you are telling me is correct, people will be going to prison.  If you show up without an attorney, you...

This article was originally published in German on 5/21/21 on analogo.de  The drama surrounding the Wirecard financial group shows what an unbearable intentional community German authorities have established together with Germany's financial and economic elite. The highly problematic collaboration is...

The FBI’s disciplinary process consists of investigation, proposal, decision, and an appellate stage to review the decision. In 2004, the FBI fundamentally altered this system by placing the proposal and decision stages in the hands of the Assistant Director (AD)...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released their latest “anti-money laundering and countering the financing of financial terrorism national priorities” last week, signaling the network’s focus in the near term. FinCEN’s June 30 press release listed the top network priorities...

After a decade of activism and lobbying, the international anti-corruption movement celebrated an improbable victory on Oct. 23, 2019, when the European Union approved new rights for whistleblowers. This landmark EU Directive requires all 27 member countries to pass laws...

As the country reflects on the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, we mourn his loss as we also mourn the lack of real progress on police reform. Politico reported that fatal encounters with...

Black bear paws. Pangolin leather boots. Elephant foot stools. Big cat skulls. Endangered live reptiles and birds. While this may sound like the prop list from a fantasy or science fiction film, the reality is that these items can be...

The world’s most trafficked mammal may disappear before most people have even heard of it. The pangolin, a shy, nocturnal animal that looks a bit like an armadillo, is found in Africa and Asia. All eight pangolin species are at...