Whistleblowing for business / Anti-Corruption award / Corruption wildlife trade

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Serious About Fighting Corruption? How To Encourage Whistleblowing In Your Business.  Despite the almost rock star aura surrounding certain high-profile whistleblowers, however, there remain several imposing hurdles to exposing corruption within one's workplace.

Antonino Vaccaro/Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/iese/2018/12/06/serious-about-fighting-corruption-how-to-encourage-whistleblowing-in-your-business/#426ae7752b9e

 

Qatar ruler, Dr Mahathir present anti corruption awards to outstanding individuals.  The Sheikh Tamim Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award is to promote the importance of tackling corruption around the world and encouraging the efforts of the decisive measures stipulated in the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

The Sun Daily: https://www.thesundaily.my/local/qatar-ruler-dr-mahathir-present-anti-corruption-awards-to-outstanding-individuals-MB232196

 

Operation Dragon: New Evidence of the Scale of Corruption in the Illegal Turtle and Tortoise Trade in Southeast Asia - A Report by the Wildlife Justice Commission.  The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) has released in the run up to Anti-Corruption Day, the report Operation Dragon: Revealing new evidence of the scale of corruption and trafficking in the turtle and tortoise trade (1) detailing its Operation Dragon, a 2-year investigation (2016-2018) into the multi-million-dollar illegal trade of endangered reptile species in South and Southeast Asia and the scale of the corruption that enables this wildlife crime.

The Wildlife Justice Commission: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/operation-dragon-new-evidence-of-the-scale-of-corruption-in-the-illegal-turtle-and-tortoise-trade-in-southeast-asia-a-report-by-the-wildlife-justice-commission-817689585.html

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