OCCRP: Destination Dubai: As the U.S. Was Rebuilding Afghanistan, Contractors Snapped up Properties in the UAE This article features Government Accountability Project Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. As billions of U.S. dollars flowed in to rebuild Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban in 2021, many contractors were accused of skimming [...]
Rolling Stone: Arms Dealers and Drug Lords Are Scooping Up Property in Dubai This article was written by Government Accountability Project Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. BUILDING AN ILLEGAL weapons factory is expensive. When convicted torturer Ross Roggio built his factory in Iraqi Kurdistan and manufactured guns that ended up in the hands of [...]
Rolling Stone: Hamas Arms Maker and ‘Serial Fraudster’ Gets 70 Years in Prison for Torture This article was written by Government Accountability Project Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. IN A SECRET recording produced at trial, Ross Roggio, an international arms dealer and con artist from Pennsylvania, spat defiance towards the federal agents investigating [...]
They were money launderers, they were cryptos-cammers, sanctioned Russian oligarchs, fugitive criminals from all around the world.
This week, Whistleblower Chile launched their website and online resources to create awareness about whistleblowing in Chile, where whistleblower rights are a novelty among the legal community.
In a Time of War, Ukraine Still Protects Whistleblowers By Sydney Johnson On January 23, delegates from Ukraine visited our office to discuss their nation’s whistleblower legislation and to hear our view. The delegation included a prosecutor, a judge, government officials responsible for whistleblower concerns, a representative of an anti-corruption NGO, and an investigative [...]
MENAFM: A Win For Canada's Public Servant Whistleblowers This article features Government Accountability Project Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. President -History was made recently when the peoples representatives in the House of Commons voted unanimously to improve the whistleblower protection law. OTTAWA, ON, CANADA, February 8, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- [...]
The Slovak Spectator: Whistleblowers’ ‘ambassador’: Without people’s support, whistleblowers can end up as martyrs This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. Tom Devine, a US advocate for whistleblowers, has helped thousands of whistleblowers in his long career but the Slovak government’s current attempts to strip police [...]
Now that 2023 has ended we want to propose a virtual toast to the whistleblowers, everyday heroes and staff who made justice possible as we look back on last year.
By Juliana Schifferes Island nation Dominica’s Citizenship-by-Investment program is a “golden passport” program that allows international businessmen, politicians and sometimes criminals to buy their way into citizenship for the minimum fee of 100,000 dollars. Who are these new emigres—and why do they need a new passport? As revealed by Government Accountability Investigator Zack Kopplin, [...]