The family of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed while probing corruption at the highest level, said they will go to court to force a public inquiry if the government keeps ignoring their request, their British lawyers said.

Presented by the European Commission in April 2018, the proposal for a Directive to protect European whistleblowers is currently working its way through the European institutions. If adopted, the Directive would provide minimum standards for the protection of employees reporting certain breaches and misconduct in the public interest.

The European Parliament's JURI committee has voted on a set of amendments to its draft whistleblower law that go a long way towards providing protections and standards that Blueprint for Free Speech and others have been pressing its members to include.

The head of compliance at Barclays, Daniel Hodge, has been criticized by a judge for forwarding an e-mail to senior staff at the bank from a whistleblowing worker, saying the act was “inappropriate” and “a surprise.”

Seven months after Slovakian investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kushnirova were killed in their home, three people have been charged with the murder.

Already cited for more than 200 billion euros ($235.39 billion) in money laundering scandal through its former Estonian branch called the biggest scandal in Europe, Danske Bank will face a new probe over compliance failures.

Herve Falciani, a computer expert who blew the whistle on the Geneva branch of HSBC hiding massive accounts of foreigners evading taxes in their countries, setting off worldwide probes, will not be extradited to Switzerland, a Spanish court ruled.

Sweden’s famed record for transparency took a hit with the trial of three former executives from telecom giant Telia in a bribery case involving the eldest daughter of late Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov.

In a case brought by civil rights groups, the European Court of Human Rights ruled some British surveillance methods are too invasive and violate privacy laws.

Herve Falciani, a French computer expert who revealed more than 100,000 records that showed potential financial crimes at a Swiss branch of HSBC where he was working, asked a Spanish court not to extradite him to Switzerland to face charges of economic espionage.

With the Dutch bank ING under growing pressure from a money laundering scandal, Chief Financial Officer Koos Timmermans is stepping down and leaving the executive board, with bank officials saying it was done to "further strengthen our handling of compliance risks."

The Australian Government has effectively blocked Chelsea Manning from giving planned public speeches in three cities by refusing to issue her with a visa in a timely fashion to visit the country.