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Stephanie Avakian, Director of SEC’s Division of Enforcement, to Conclude Tenure by End of Year
On December 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Stephanie Avakian, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, will conclude her tenure by the end of 2020. During Avakian’s four-year tenure, first as Co-Director and then...
Whistleblower Complaint Alleges New York Boat Company Engaged in Illegal Waste Dumping
Employees of a New York tour boat company filed a whistleblower complaint alleging illegal dumping of waste into the Hudson River. The whistleblower complaint, which was previously under seal, details allegations of wrongdoing from two employees of New York Waterway, a...
House of Representatives Passes Bill Establishing Protections for Antitrust Whistleblowers
On December 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, which extends anti-retaliation protections to private sector whistleblowers who expose criminal antitrust violations. The bill unanimously passed in the Senate in 2019 and must now be...
Vitol Inc. to Pay CFTC $95 Million to Settle Corruption-Based Fraud and Manipulation Charges
On December 3, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an order filing and settling corruption charges against Vitol Inc., an energy and commodities trading firm. The CFTC charged Vitol with manipulative and deceptive conduct, including foreign corruption. As...
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...
European Youth Promote Whistleblowing on International Anti-Corruption Day
Young men and women throughout Eastern Europe today denounced corruption and proclaimed that crime and misconduct must be exposed in order for reliable and accountable democracies to have a chance to succeed. The youth are speaking with one voice –...
SEC Grants Whistleblower Awards Totaling Nearly $3 Million
On December 7, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced whistleblower awards totaling nearly $3 million issued to five individuals. The awards stem from three separate enforcement actions which relied on information provided by whistleblowers. In the first order,...
We Owe Reality Winner Freedom and Praise
You could say that the worst realities of the Trump presidency — family separation, unjust imprisonment, denial of the 2016 Russian election breach, our government’s cover-up of that breach, failure to manage COVID — intersect at one place, one person,...
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