Wildlife Whistleblowers
Failure to Implement Whistleblower Program Linked to the Vaquita’s Impending Extinction
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unable to account for millions of dollars Congress allocated to pay whistleblower incentives. According to an exposé by environmental journalist Richard Schiffman published today by Earth Island Journal, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)...
Opinion: Knowledge exchange at the forefront of environmental law enforcement
The International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) was formed in 1989 by the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency and the Netherlands’ Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment on the need for greater collaboration between environmental compliance...
Opinion: On GivingTuesday Help the National Whistleblower Center Fight Corruption
Today is GivingTuesday– a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations worldwide to encourage people to donate to the causes close to their heart. The National Whistleblower Center, the nation’s leading whistleblower advocacy organization,...
National Whistleblower Center Urges Denial of Department of Interior Document Destruction Request
On October 24, 2018, the Department of Interior (DOI) sent a request to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) asking for permission to destroy documents from every agency within the Department of Interior. These agencies include the Bureau of...
Opinion: Calling on Whistleblowers to Help Protect Our Oceans
Whistleblowers are our last line of defense to protect our oceans. As the “Our Ocean Conference 2018” (OOC 2018) is set to open tomorrow in Bali, Indonesia, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) hopes to bring awareness about the important role...
Facebook Uncooperative in DOJ Wildlife Trafficking Investigations
In a letter delivered to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the National Whistleblower Center (“NWC”) requested that Facebook immediately start cooperating with the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) efforts to investigate and halt wildlife trafficking. The letter...
Incentivizing Whistleblowers Can Help Combat Trafficking of Rhino Horn
Today, September 22, is World Rhino Day. Rhino numbers have declined dramatically over recent years as a result of poaching for their horns, which is believed to have medicinal value in some Asian countries. Whistleblower reward laws are a crucial...
Opinion: The Role of Whistleblower Protections in Wildlife Conservation
In the region of East Africa, poachers are slaughtering elephants at a rate faster than these elephants can reproduce. In fact, thousands of elephants are cruelly killed each year to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for ivory. The people and...
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is an Effective Tool to Stop Illegal Activity and Catch Illicit Profits
International tips are crucial to the SEC’s law enforcement capabilities. From 2011 to 2017, the SEC received a total of 2,655 whistleblowers from 113 countries. This map shows the countries as well as the frequency of those tips. Washington, D.C....
Empowering whistleblowers is the key to combating wildlife crime
Photo Credit: Leslie Rose Photography Whistleblowers have been effective at combatting financial and corporate crime, but are sorely lacking in the sphere of wildlife crime. If empowered to combat it, whistleblowers could be fundamental to dismantling the wildlife crime economy,...
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