Libor Michálek is arguably the best-known Czech whistleblower. He reported corrupt practices at the Czech State Environment Fund and faced serious consequences for that. Soon after becoming director of the institution in…
They refused to take part in the stripping of assets of the Prague Transport Company and lost their family firm. Vladimír Sitta Jr. has pointed ever since July 2009 to shady dealings in the company Neograph, originally founded by his…
The OpenCard case reveals a story of personal courage with a very bitter aftertaste. Former City Council official Jiří Chytil in 2009-2010 helped police investigators as a secret witness to disentangle threads leading to the political…
Presidential pardons granted by Václav Klaus have been marred by a series of nonstandard circumstances. Former Senior Consultant of the Psychiatric Ward of Ostrov Hospital Martin Konečný knows what he is talking about. His patient—Police…
Věra Ježková graduated from the Faculty of Mining and Geology at VŠB-Technical University in Ostrava. She blew the whistle on the likely frustration of investment by semi-state electricity company ČEZ. Due to coal shortages, an investment…
Jakub Klouzal assumed the position of director of the central systems and technologies department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in 2008. He shortly found out that standard public procurement procedures were not…
Renata Horáková entered the Znojmo City Hall as head of the assets department in June 2007. She found herself facing indiscriminate pressure from her supervisor, Municipal Office secretary Vladimír Krejčíř, after she refused to sign…
He reported corrupt practices at the Czech State Environment Fund and faced serious consequences for that.
Ondřej Závodský was appointed in July 2005 head of the Legal Department of the Interior Ministry Service Establishment (ZSMV). After repeatedly pointing out miscellaneous suspect agreements he was demoted in September 2010 to the position…
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