Whistleblowers often have insider knowledge that’s vital to expose favouritism and nepotism which would otherwise go unchallenged. In 2018, a retired army officer made a confidential report to Transparency International Nigeria’s ALAC exposing a military Director of Chaplain Services for…
By identifying and reporting wrongdoing in public procurement, whistleblowers play a key role in ensuring public funds are not diverted by private interests and are used fairly and efficiently. In Serbia, an engineer from a local government enterprise discovered that…
Strong whistleblowing mechanisms are crucial to environmental protection, enabling people to report both the abuse of natural resources and the misuse of financial flows to address climate change. In 2018, Dmitry Ershov, a project manager at the United Nations Development…
Whistleblowers worldwide have often been on the frontline against the devastating effects of pollution. In Lebanon, residents living along the Litani river spoke up against raw sewage and industrial waste illegally being pumped into the water. This heavy pollution is…
Whistleblowers have a vital role safeguarding emergency response programmes during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Such programmes typically combine large financial flows with lower anti-corruption controls, to enable a swifter response. But this also undermines transparency and accountability, and…
Safe, accessible reporting channels, backed by guaranteed whistleblower protection, are particularly crucial for workers and beneficiaries involved in essential services and emergency response – people like Dr. Francesco Zambon. In 2020, as a World Health Organization (WHO) researcher, Dr. Zambon…