The Challenges Related to Whistleblowing in the Field of Environmental Crime Prevention
The Challenges Related to Whistleblowing in the Field of Environmental Crime Prevention

Summary/Abstract: Whistleblowing is an important activity not only for combating corruption, but alsoother irregularities and illegal actions. Protection of the environment is certainly a matter of publicinterest, and the prevention of crimes that violate its integrity is useful above all from the aspect ofprotecting peoples’ lives and health.In a large number of cases, environmental crime is very difficult to detect and prove. The role ofthe whistle-blower is of particular importance for the timely detection of environmental offensesand the reduction of occurrence or mitigation of harmful consequences. In this paper, we startfrom the assumption that whistle-blowers in the field of environmental protection are faced with alarge number of challenges and are not adequately protected. They are mostly either fired by theiremployer or forced due to various pressures to quit without the possibility of new employment.Considering the importance of their role in the field of environmental protection, the possibility ofimproving their position should be reconsidered. In order to make recommendations for the improvementof both national regulations and practices related to the protection of whistle-blowers,in this work we primarily use the method of content analysis, as well as the dogmatic-legal method.

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