Blueprint for Free Speech shares Financial Times award
Blueprint for Free Speech and its Indian legal partner Nishith Desai Associates have won the Financial Times' Asia Pacific Lawyers Awards 2019 in the category of Innovation in the Rule of Law and Access to Justice
Secret Swedbank Report Shows Russian Money Laundering Ties
Swedbank's growing scandal which brought about the departure of CEO Birgitte Bonnesen and Chairman Lars Idermark, could get worse with a report commissioned by the bank allegedly showing that institution filtered as much as 20 billion euros ($22.47) in dirty Russian money through its Estonian branch, much more than was previously believed
EU Whistleblowing Directive: Strengths and shortcomings
How good is the new EU Directive? Our new report scores it against our Blueprint Principles for Whistleblower Protection and offers recommendations for transposition
Europe's new Whistleblowing Directive - what you need to know
The EU Whistleblower Directive is a vital step forward for whistleblowers across the continent. Here's what you need to know
US indictment of Julian Assange a profound threat to the free press
The current indictment does not directly seek to criminalise publishing, but targets the communications between sources and journalists that make publication possible
Censored Report Reveals Swedbank Money Laundering Failures
An outside audit commissioned in the wake of the Danske Bank scandal has found that Sweden’s Swedbank failed to ensure that money was not laundered through its own Estonian branch
Hungarian PM faces corruption allegations while he feuds with EU
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party has been suspended from the European Parliament’s main centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) grouping
UK proposes an end to NDAs that conceal wrongdoing
Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) that allow employers to keep sexual harassment scandals under wraps and prevent workers from going to the police will no longer be allowed under proposals put together by UK lawmakers
EU takes Saudi Arabia off Money Laundering Blacklist
EU governments have agreed to override a European Commission decision to put Saudi Arabia on a blacklist of countries tied to money laundering after warnings about canceled contracts
US Ambassador Wants Ukraine's Corruption Prosecutor Fired
As pressure builds on President Petro Poroshenko's government to take a stronger line on tackling corruption, US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said Ukraine should fire its special anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsk
Europe breaks new ground on whistleblower protection
In tough negotiations that ended in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the European Parliament and EU Council have agreed on a new EU Directive to protect whistleblowers across the Union
EU Lawmakers Want a Financial Police Force to Fight Money Laundering
As reports continue to roll in about money laundering scandals at EU banks, European Parliament lawmakers have said that the bloc needs a dedicated police force to combat the problem