Whistleblowers and journalists form a fragile ecosystem. Many of the most important scandals that have shaken the public were revealed by people who risked their careers and their safety, and put their trust in the hands of a select editorial team. In such cases, there must be agreement between the

In recent years, Albania has made considerable efforts to address corruption, starting in 2016 when Parliament adopted the law on whistleblowing and protection of whistleblowers, following the recommendation of the European Union. While the law itself represents a positive step towards the fight against corruption, there is still a lack

Blowing the whistle enforces the playbook for national integrity. In the fall of 2021, a group of journalists were fired from their posts. The newspaper’s owner wanted to quell critical coverage of Ukrainian authorities. Refusing to be silenced, this expulsion prompted the ousted team to establish a new independent media

By Márton Sarkadi Nagy In April 2015 leaders of three Hungarian anti-corruption NGOs gathered in Budapest for press conference to reach cooperation agreement. Their aim was to create a practical framework for whistleblowers to come forward more easily, and inform the citizens they finally had the opportunity to do so.

This is the story of Mara Paraipan, a Romanian civil servant who blew the whistle on the Romanian Ministry of Transport * Seven months after she arrived at the ministry’s construction authorisation department in Bucharest, Paraipan had to approve a budget for an urgent construction project along the national road

All the women who share sextortion issues in this text are listed under false identities to protect sources. However, their statements are recorded and they have consented to their publication. Monika always thought that once she had finished her studies, when she applied for a job, it would be completely

When Maja Đerek realized the company where she worked wasn’t collecting rental fees for some of its business spaces, she didn’t know the story would unravel into a national affair revealing a system of widespread clientelism, abuse of position and trading in influence involving highly positioned politicians. The affair implicated

“The court’s decision is a significant achievement both for me personally and for the entire anti-corruption system in general,” says Euhen Shevchenko, “For the first time in the history of Ukraine, a citizen will receive a decent reward from the state for exposing a crime of corruption. This brings the

“Being a whistleblower in Montenegro is difficult. Nobody enjoys living in uncertainty and worrying about their family’s well-being, but it comes from within and I had to react to obvious irregularities.” That’s how Milisav Dragojević, a retired engineer and one of Montenegro’s first public whistleblowers, describes his experiences reporting misconduct