A UK #whistleblower needs our help after he exposed the wrongdoing of his former employer. (THREAD)⬇️
1/ Jonathan Taylor exposed a massive bribery scheme in the oil and gas industry operated by his former employer, Dutch-based SBM Offshore. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54734371
Oil firm whistleblower trapped in Croatian holiday hell

A British lawyer exposed huge oil industry corruption - and now Monaco wants him extradited.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54734371
2/ Jonathan has spent 177 days and counting detained in Croatia and fighting extradition to Monaco due to what appears to be a retaliatory complaint filed against him by SBM Offshore.
3/ In 2017, SBM Offshore paid a US$238 fine for their criminal conduct, yet the man who exposed the wrongdoing continues to be subject to unjust extradition threats. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sbm-offshore-corruption-idUSKBN1DT3JV
SBM Offshore settles U.S. bribery case, to pay $238 million

SBM Offshore NV , a Netherlands-based maker of offshore oil drilling equipment, and its U.S. subsidiary, SBM Offshore USA Inc, agreed to settle criminal charges of bribing officials in five countries...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sbm-offshore-corruption-idUSKBN1DT3JV
4/ Jonathan, a UK citizen, has not been charged with any crimes in Monaco or elsewhere. The only “crime” he appears to have committed was to blow the whistle on the criminal conduct of SBM Offshore.
5/ We are calling on Monaco and Croatia to drop extradition proceedings, on the UK Government to intervene, and for the @Europarl_EN to condemn the treatment of Jonathan Taylor.
➡️Joint letter > https://whistleblowingnetwork.org/News-Events/News/News-Archive/International-NGO-Coalition-Condemns-Whistleblower
6/ We need more whistleblowers like Jonathan Taylor, not fewer, and whistleblowers like Jonathan Taylor need all of us! >> https://whistleblowingnetwork.org/News-Events/News/News-Archive/International-NGO-Coalition-Condemns-Whistleblower
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