Background
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Introduction | A Whistleblower is usually a person who reports wrongdoing within his or her organisation - but he/she can be a third party. Whatever the circumstance, the repercussions can be devastating - especially if the wrongdoing is reported to the World Bank. In 2004, a British national appointed to an Armenian Parliamentary Commission exposed wide-ranging fraud, corruption and embezzlement in a WB financed project. He reported the problems to the WB Country Manager and to the Department of Institutional Integrity. But the wrongdoings continued. The British national however became the subject of World Bank ‘Whistleblower’ reprisals, which continue. The Government Accountability Project (GAP) now supports the British national in a claim against the World Bank. Other British nationals were central in the wrongdoings and so documents were submitted to the FCO in the UK. The British Government subsequently added its support in a letter to INT’s Director and the British Serious Fraud Office is monitoring the matter. The claim is also registered with the Volcker Panel, which is presently studying the activities of the INT. After three years, the INT is still preparing a full investigation…………… |