Bribery and Procurement Scandals: Persistent Challenges for the Olympic Games. A cautionary lesson for Brisbane 2032

By Sarah Herbert The Olympic Games, celebrated for their spirit of international unity and athletic excellence, have been marred by a series of procurement and bidding scandals, a legacy stretching back two millennia. Salt Lake City bid bribery scandal[1], Tokyo 2020 bid-rigging affairs[2], and Sochi[3] procurement corruption have left behind a trail of scandal that…

Internal whistleblower option vs Externally managed whistleblower solution: Exploring the pros and cons

by: Neil Fletcher One of our Whistleblowing / Speak Up Experts – Neil Fletcher – shares his thoughts with us from his 20+ years’ experience working across the world as an internal, in-house Whistleblowing / Speak Up Program Manager, as an internal Director of Investigations at some large multinational corporate brands and at providers of…

Trusted Conversations: Insights from a Whistleblower

The Coffee Break Forensic Series Trusted Conversations: Insights from a Whistleblower  by: Scott McLintock CurbyMcLintock Partner, Scott McLintock, had the pleasure of speaking with Sylvain Mansotte who in 2012, while working at Leighton Contractors, ‘blew the whistle’ on a $20 million fraud (Click on the link here to view the interview with Sylvain). Sylvain, identifying…