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August 24, 2016. Washington, D.C. The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is attending the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress, advocating for the payment of large monetary rewards, worldwide, to whistleblowers who disclose illegal wildlife trafficking and violations of other key anti-corruption laws. The Lacey Act, Endangered Species Act, as well as over 40 other U.S. environmental […]

World Wildlife Day (March 3) honors the day that the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) , was signed in 1973. Celebrated globally, World Wildlife Day raises awareness of the importance of our world’s wild animals and plants, and is more crucial now than ever before, with constant […]

According to the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division’s “Fraud Statistics Overview,” the taxpayers recovered $2.913 Billion from corporations and individuals who stole from numerous federal programs, based directly on original information provided to the government by whistleblowers. Without the information provided by whistleblowers, the government was only able to recover $67 million from fraudsters. […]