In order to be truly successful at preventing fraud,
whistleblower protections must cover disclosures permitted under
international anti-corruption conventions and encourage
whistleblowers to cooperate with foreign governments' law
enforcement agencies as permitted by these conventions.
Explicitly permitting certain whistleblowers to cooperate with
such law enforcement agencies without being subject to retaliation
in their home countries is important for several reasons.
First, corruption (particularly bribery and fraud) and dangers
to public health and the environment are often transnational in
nature. For example, the current COVID-19 pandemic is worldwide,
and whistleblowers from China providing information as to the
nature and severity of the virus
would have been instrumental combating its spread.
Additionally,
pollution and
other environmental problems are inherently incapable of
adhering to national boundaries. Moreover,
as clearly illustrated by
