Navigate the complexities of reporting unethical behavior or misconduct with confidence. In response to the EU Whistleblowing Directive, we’ve put together this comprehensive list of resources to file a whistleblower report – no matter where you’re located in the European Union.
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Occasionally, an internal report to your organization’s hotline is insufficient, or not possible. In such cases, reports can be made to an external government agency. Access country-specific EU whistleblower resources below – simply find your country in this alphabetical list.
Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung
Bundesministerium für Inneres
Herrengasse 7
1010 Wien
Österreich
E-Mail: BMI-III-BAK-SPOC@bak.gv.at
Telephone: + 43 1 53 126-906800
Website
Federal Ombudsman
Rue de Louvain 48 letter box 6
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Email: integrity@federalombudsman.be
Phone:+32 (0)2 289 27 04
Commission for Personal Data Protection
2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia, 1592
Еmail: kzld@cpdp.bg
Website
Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia
The report can be submitted in writing or verbally. It must contain information on the reporting person, the legal or natural person the report pertains to, and the irregularities cited in the report.
Written reports can be sent by post or submitted in person to:
Savska cesta 41/3, 10 000 Zagreb
Or email the information to info@ombudsman.hr
Use this form for written complaints.
Call 01 4851 855 or 01 4851 853 to report irregularities orally. Upon the reporting person’s express request, reports can be submitted personally at the Ombudswoman’s office in Savska cesta 41, Zagreb. The office’s designated staff must set up the meeting with the reporting person within a reasonable time frame.
Notice: Oral reports submitted via telephone will not be recorded. Instead, a transcript of the call will be made. The reporting person has the right to subsequently review the record and correct any errors as well as to confirm its accuracy by signing it.
General Directorate of Internal Revenue Service
Kypranoros 15, 1061 Nicosia or P.O. Box 23378, 1682 Nicosia
Reporters should mark packages with “Attention: External Reporting Officers (CONFIDENTIAL)”
Telephone: +357 22 818501
For more information, the Ministry of Justice and Public Order’s guidance documents and listing of responsible sectoral authorities may be accessed online, in Greek only, at: https://www.gov.cy/mjpo/tomeas-dikaiosynis/monada-nomikon-thematon/pliroforiodotes-whistleblowers/
The Ministry of Justice provides an external reporting channel for all reporting persons.
Datatilsynet Whistleblowerordningen
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
2500 Valby
Telephone: +45 33 19 32 02
E-Mail: wb@datatilsynet.dk
There are a number of other internal and external whistleblower schemes, in addition to the Danish Data Protection Authority’s external whistleblower scheme, read about them here.
No reporting channels have been established yet.
Office of the Chancellor of Justice
Visting Address:
Snellmaninkatu 1, Helsinki
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 20, 00023 Government, Finland
Telephone:
+358 (0)295 162 902 (registry)
Email:
kirjaamo.okv@gov.fi
Défenseur des droits
Libre réponse 71120
75342 PARIS CEDEX 07
Bundesamt für Justiz
Adenauerallee 99 – 103
53113 Bonn
Deutschland
Telephone: +49 228 99 410-40
Hinweisgeberstelle
Graurheindorfer Straße 108
53117 Bonn
Email: hinweisgeberstelle@bafin.de
Telephone: +49 228 / 4108 – 2355
Bundeskartellamt Responsible for reporting information on violations under § 2 paragraph 1 number 8. § 7 paragraph 1 sentence 2 HinSchG.
Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 16 53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49 228 9499 386
National Transparency Authority
195, Lenorman av. and Amfiaraou str., Athens, 10442
Telephone: +30 2132129 883, -884
Email: info@aead.gr
The Labour and Occupational Health and Safety Department of County and Government Offices (Munkavédelem Foglalkoztatás-felügyelet)
Pf.: 17, 1358 Budapest
munkavedelmi-foo@ngm.gov.hu
foglalkoztatas.felugyeleti-foo@ngm.gov.hu
The central complaints channel may be accessed, in Hungarian only, at: https://mvff.munka.hu/#/kozerdeku_bejelentes_panasz
The contact details of the regionally competent employment inspection authorities can be found, in Hungarian only, at: https://mvff.munka.hu/#/_foglalkoztatasfelugyeleti_hatosagok
Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner
6 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 W773
By email:
The email system is securely encrypted.
By phone: 01 639 5650
Telephone conversations are not recorded by this Office.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform signed the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Disclosure to Prescribed Persons) Order 2020 in September 2020.
The Central Bank of Ireland is a prescribed person for the purpose of receiving protected disclosures under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and under Part 5 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013.
Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) - - Tutti i diritti riservati
c/o Palazzo Sciarra,
Via Minghetti, 10
00187 Roma
C.F. 97584460584
Email: protocollo@pec.anticorruzione.it
Tel.:+39 / 06 62289571
The State Chancellery
FAO Inese Kušķe
Valsts kanceleja
Brīvības bulvāris 36
Centra rajons
Rīga
LV-1050
Latvia
Tel.: 67082910
Email: trauksme@mk.gov.lv
There are also several competent authorities depending on the subject matter. Click here to learn more.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office
Rinktinės str. 5A, LT-01515, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Tel. + 370 5 266 2304
Office des Signalements
13, rue Erasme, Centre administratif Werner
L-1468 Luxembourg
T: (+352) 247-88564
Email: ods.info@mj.etat.lu
While the Whistleblowing Office is operational as of 1 September 2023, there is no timeline for implementation of the online portal and intake system. Currently all external reporting must be made via contacting the Whistleblowing Office via email or telephone.
Additional sectoral competent authorities are listed as follows:
The Financial Sector Supervisory Commission - CSSF
The Insurance Commission – CAA
The competition authority
The Registration, Domains and VAT Administration – AED
The Labor and Mines Inspectorate – ITM
The National Commission for Data Protection – CNPD
The Center for Equal Treatment – CET
The Mediator as part of his mission of external control of places where people deprived of their liberty are located
Ombudsman fir Kanner a Jugendlecher
The Luxembourg Regulatory Institute – ILR
The Luxembourg Independent Audiovisual Authority – ALIA
The Luxembourg Bar Association and the Diekirch Bar Association
The Chamber of Notaries
The Medical College
The Nature and Forestry Administration - ANF
The Water Management Administration - AGE
The Air Navigation Administration - ANA
The National Consumer Mediator Service
The Order of Architects and Consulting Engineers – OAI
The Order of Chartered Accountants - OEC
The Institute of Company Auditors - IRE
The Administration of Direct Contributions - ACD
Parliamentary Ombudsman
Office of the Ombudsman
11, St Paul Street
Valletta VLT 1210
Malta
T: +356 2248 3200
F: +356 2124 7924
Email: office@ombudsman.org.mt
The Ombudsman is the designated responsible authority for reports of conduct involving substantial risk to public health or safety or the environment that would if proved, constitute a criminal offense; and all matters which constitute improper practices and which are not designated to be reported to any other authority. Complaints to the Ombudsman may be filed in either English or Maltese at: https://complaint.ombudsman.org.mt/
However, the Protection of the Whistleblower Act’s First Schedule lists other competent authorities based on subject matter, as follows:
Auditor General: Failure to observe laws, rules and regulations relating to public finance and misuse of public resources.
Commissioner for Revenue: Income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, stamp duties, national insurance contributions, value added tax or ““revenue acts”” as defined in the Commissioner for Revenue Act.
Commissioner for Voluntary Organizations: Activities of a voluntary organization.
Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit: Money laundering or financing of terrorism in terms of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Malta Financial Services Authority: The business of credit and financial institutions, the business of insurance and the activities of insurance intermediaries, the provision of investment services and collective investment schemes, pensions and retirement funds, regulated markets, central securities depositories, the carrying out of trustee business either in a professional or a personal capacity and such other areas of activity or services as may be placed from time to time under the supervisory and regulatory competence of the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Permanent Commission Against Corruption: Corrupt practices.
Depending on the nature of the (suspected) misconduct and the report, it is possible to make a report through the websites / whistleblowing portals of the following authorities:
1. Autoriteit Consument en Markt;
2. Autoriteit Financiële Markten;
3. Autoriteit persoonsgegevens;
4. De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.;
5. Het Huis voor Klokkenluiders;
6. Inspectie gezondheidszorg en jeugd;
7. Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit;
8. Autoriteit Nucleaire Veiligheid en Stralingsbescherming.
Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich (Commissioner for Human Rights, “RPO”)
Biuro Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich
(Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights)
al. Solidarności 77
00-090 Warszawa
T: +48 22 551 77 00
F: +48 22 827 64 53
Email:
biurorzecznika@brpo.gov.pl
Additional information on how to file a complaint with the RPO may be found at: https://bip.brpo.gov.pl/en/en/content/how-refer-your-matter-commissioner-human-rights
The National Anti-Corruption Mechanism (MENAC)
S. Crispim’s Steps No. 7,
1149 - 049 Lisboa
T: +351 210 540 950
Email: geral@mec-anticorrupcao.pt
MENAC’s central external reporting channel, +Transparente, may be accessed online in English, Portuguese, and Spanish at: https://mec-anticorrupcao.form.maistransparente.com/
Supervisory entities with external channels include:
Supervisory entities without external channels include:
National Integrity Agency/ Agentia Nationala de Integritate
Bulevardul Lascar Catargiu nr. 15, cod postal: 010661, sector 1, Bucuresti - Romania
Tel.: +40-372-06 98 69
Email: ani@integritate.eu
Website
The Competent Authority may allocate reports to other public authorities for investigation.
Whistleblower Protection Office (appointed prior to national implementing laws coming into effect)
Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov
Námestie slobody 29
811 06 Bratislava
Tel.: +421 948 935 166
Email: sekretariat@oznamovatelia.sk
Website
The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (’the Commission’ or ‘KPK’)
Dunajska cesta 56
1000 Ljubljana
T: +386 01 400-5710
Email:
anti.korupcija@kpk-rs.si
The KPK is the designated authority specifically for reports of corruption, as well as the designated oversight authority for whistleblowing generally in Slovenia. Although the KPK is not the only external authority which can receive external whistleblowing reports, reporters may request review by the KPK if another external competent authority has received a complaint which the whistleblower believed has been mishandled.
The other competent external authorities for reports on violations within their sphere of responsibility are:
Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia;
Securities Market Agency;
Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for the Protection of Competition;
Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Traffic Safety;
Agency for Insurance Supervision;
Agency for Public Audit Oversight;
Bank of Slovenia;
National Audit Commission for the Audit of Public Procurement Procedures;
Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia;
Market Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia;
Office of the Republic of Slovenia for the Prevention of Money Laundering;
Information Commissioner;
Information Security Inspectorate;
Inspectorate for Radiation and Nuclear Safety;
Inspectorate for Protection Against Radiation;
Inspectorate for Safe Food, Veterinary Medicine, and Plant Protection;
Labor Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia;
Public Sector Inspectorate;
Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Environment and Space;
Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Medicines and Medical Devices;
Health Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia;
Slovenian State Holding; and
Supervisory authorities in accordance with the regulations governing the use of European cohesion policy funds in the Republic of Slovenia.
No reporting channels have been established yet.
Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten
Box 8114
104 20 Stockholm
Telephone: 08-657 61 00
E-Mail: imy@imy.se
Several competent authorities. The Swedish Work Environment Authority has oversight on how reports are made to public authorities.
Here is a list of all authorities and their responsibilities according to regulation 2021:949.