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November 7, 2023Over 300 civil society organizations, including the National Whistleblower Center, signed an open letter urging UN officials to adopt stronger…
August 17, 2021The IFAW report recommends establishing whistleblower protection programs with anonymous reporting, anti-retaliation safeguards, and financial rewards to combat illegal online…
July 29, 2021A National Whistleblower Center panel will examine how U.S. laws like the Lacey Act and False Claims Act protect wildlife…
April 8, 2021Strengthening whistleblower protections through Dodd-Frank-style provisions could effectively combat the illegal timber trade, which generates $51-$152 billion annually and threatens…
March 3, 2021The National Whistleblower Center's Climate Corruption Campaign encourages logging industry insiders to expose illegal deforestation and environmental crimes, leveraging federal…
March 1, 2021International whistleblower advocacy groups launched a fundraising campaign to support Jóhannes Stefánsson, an Icelandic fishing company whistleblower who exposed a…
February 24, 2021The newly released Fish and Wildlife Service whistleblower reward rules lack critical protections like anonymity and anti-retaliation safeguards found in…
December 18, 2020The IUCN approved four resolutions incorporating whistleblower protections to combat illegal timber trade, wildlife trafficking, and deforestation, which collectively cost…
November 17, 2020The FATF should prioritize whistleblower protection and incentives as a key tool for combating wildlife trafficking, since human sources have…
January 7, 2020The RAWR Act expands the State Department's whistleblower reward program to include wildlife trafficking, incentivizing informants to report illegal trafficking…