Telemundo: Un alto oficial migratorio denuncia fallos en la atención médica en la frontera y le dice al Congreso que la CBP ignoró sus reportes
Un alto oficial de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por su sigla en inglés) ha denunciado ante el Congreso en una carta a la que tuvo acceso el diario The Washington Post que sus supervisores le cambiaron de puesto cuando apuntó presuntas deficiencias del proveedor médico que atiende a migrantes en las instalaciones federales en la frontera, y evitó investigar su denuncia.
Washington Post: Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities
Washington Post: Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Troy Hendrickson, and was originally published here. A senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Thursday filed a whistleblower complaint with Congress alleging his supervisors failed to adequately monitor [...]
StarteFacts: Only 8 History Shows on Netflix Have a Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score
StarteFacts: Only 8 History Shows on Netflix Have a Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score This articles features Meltdown: Three Mile Island and was originally published here. 1. High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Based on the book by Jessica B. Harris, High on the Hog [...]
Capitol Beat: U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care System
U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care SystemThis article features Government Accountability Project clients and was originally published here. ATLANTA – The mother of a murdered two-year-old girl and a young woman neglected and abused in Georgia’s foster-care system described their tragic experiences Wednesday to a U.S. Senate [...]
NewsNation: DeWine visits East Palestine to meet with EPA, health officials
NewsNation: DeWine visits East Palestine to meet with EPA, health officials This article features Government Accountability Project's Environmental Investigator, Lesley Pacey, and was originally published here. (NewsNation) — Nine months after a train derailment in East Palestine and four months after he asked President Joe Biden to declare an emergency, Ohio Gov. Mike [...]
Byline Times: ‘The Power Imbalance is Enormous’: Inside the Ordeal of Employment Tribunals
Byline Times: ‘The Power Imbalance is Enormous’: Inside the Ordeal of Employment Tribunals This article features Government Accountability Project Staff Attorney and International Program Director, Samantha Feinstein. When industrial – later renamed employment – tribunals began hearing employment claims in the 1970s, legislators hoped for a ‘speedy’ resolution to [...]
Salem News: CeramFab files $500 million suit against NS
This lack of transparent communication from Norfolk Southern was coupled with multiple public third-party reports of increased community dioxin levels and persistent contamination proximate to plaintiff properties.
OCCRP: Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak
OCCRP: Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. A cyber breach at Colombia’s prosecutor’s office has exposed the identities of more than 100 agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and [...]
Stars and Stripes: VA is ‘free speech Death Valley’ for whistleblowers, advocate tells House lawmakers
Stars and Stripes: Stars and Stripes: VA is ‘free speech Death Valley’ for whistleblowers, advocate tells House lawmakers This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom, Devine, and was originally published here. The Department of Veterans Affairs is a “free speech Death Valley” for whistleblowers who raise concerns [...]
Head Topics: EPA Announces ‘Completion of Major Cleanup Activities’ in East Palestine, OH, 8 Months After Toxic Train Derailment
Head Topics: EPA Announces ‘Completion of Major Cleanup Activities’ in East Palestine, OH, 8 Months After Toxic Train Derailment This article features Government Accountability Project's Environmental Investigator, Lesley Pacey, and was originally published here. The EPA is facing criticism for its response, including from the agency’s own inspector general, [...]
Washington Post: Whistleblower says utility should repay $382 million in federal aid given to failed clean coal plant
A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build a failed coal-fueled power plant.
World Socialist Website: 24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house
24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Twenty-four migrant children were removed from a chicken slaughter house in Kidron, Ohio, southwest of Akron, earlier this month. The children were being illegally employed by Gerber Poultry [...]
News Nation: EPA official says agency made mistakes in East Palestine
“People are really sick here, and I think the EPA understands that,” Pacey said. “Why they haven’t done the testing that they need to do and inform the public about what’s going on is the real question.”
News Nation: Watchdog group demands East Palestine testing records from EPA
A government watchdog group is requesting more records from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding chemical testing done in East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment and controlled burn that released toxic chemicals into the air, water and soil.
The Marietta Times: Watchdog group asks EPA for dioxin records
A government whistleblower-protecting watchdog group made another attempt for Environmental Protection Agency records concerning dioxin testing in the wake of the train derailment and chemical release in East Palestine through the Freedom of Information Act.
Daja: Caribbean passports: How did Iraqi banker Hassan Nasser Jaafar al-Lami benefit from Dominican citizenship?
Al-Lami is considered the most prominent holder of this nationality along with other Iraqi businessmen, but Al-Lami has a different story, as his cross-border relations extended from Iraq to Iran, Syria and then Lebanon, until a woman who claimed to be an employee of the Central Bank of Iraq described him, in a television interview, as "Qassem Soleimani financial" in Iraq.
Weekly Blitz: Spanish La Liga received Iranian dark money
The documentation suggests that an intermediary with a Dominica passport facilitated a shell company in Hong Kong to transfer funds from Iran to La Liga, potentially skirting financial regulations.
infoLibre: LaLiga collected from Iran through a Chinese shell company and multiple deposits from ATMs in Dubai
These methods of transferring money illustrate well how passports acquired in places like Dominica can be used to circumvent sanctions and make secret payments.
The Guardian: EU raises security concerns as it reveals five Caribbean states have sold 88,000 ‘golden passports’
The EU has raised security concerns about the trade in “golden passports” and vowed to tighten visa controls after revealing five Caribbean states have sold citizenship to 88,000 individuals from countries including Iran, Russia and China.
Blitz: Bangladeshis illegally bought citizenship of Caribbean countries
Caribbean nation Dominica is accused of selling citizenship under its ‘citizenship by investment’ program, which allows the purchase of a passport for a base price of US$100,000, whereas Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is accused of selling citizenship to oligarchs, officials from repressive regimes, politicians, human rights abusers, drug and weapon traffickers, money-launderers, and notorious criminals.