The Whistleblower

[Thomas O'Malley]

When Nebraska police officer and divorced ****** of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. Bolkovac was shipped out to Bosnia, where DynCorp had been contracted to support the UN peacekeeping mission. She was assigned as a human rights investigator, heading the gender affairs unit. The lack of proper training provided sounded the first alarm bell, but once she arrived in Sarajevo, she found out that things were a lot worse. At great risk to her personal safety, she began to unravel the ugly truth about officers involved in human trafficking and ****** prostitution and their connections to private mercenary contractors, the UN, and the U.S. State Department. After bringing this evidence to light, Bolkovac was demoted, felt threatened with bodily harm, was fired, and ultimately ****** to flee the country under cover of darkness—bringing the incriminating documents with her. Thanks to the evidence she collected, she won a lawsuit against DynCorp, finally exposing them for what they had done. This is her story and the story of the women she helped achieve justice for.

http://us.macmillan.com/thewhistleblower/KathrynBolkovac

Just watched the movie this afternoon and I was wondering if someone else saw it as well? The Whistleblower (2010) is a movie based on the sad but true story of human trafficking by the employees of a firm contracted by the UN to provide security in Bosnia after the Dayton peace accord that put an end to the ****** conflict in the Balkans. Ever since the movie ended, I keep on asking myself the same question. This movie has got me thinking. Could it actually be so that these sort of crimes can happen on this scale and within international organizations. And even if so, why do they still exist? In the book The Whisleblower, Kathryn Bolkovac, claims it's all real from beginning till the end. The movie also mentions it's based on real events. But I can't believe that organizations this large can cover this all up.
Even the media must have been involved then because in Belgium we never heard of Kathryn Bolkovac nor of the trial she had in Great Britain. Following a film screening of "The Whistleblower," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a panel discussion on sexual exploitation and ***** in conflict and post-conflict situations. The filmmaker and senior UN officials addressed issues raised in the film, including human trafficking and ****** prostitution as well as the Organization's effort to combat sexual exploitation of women and ********.

http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webc...in-conflict-and-post-conflict-situations.html

My question: do you guys think this is possible and if so why do these organisations still receive billions of USD for the US government?

 

[ragincaucasian]

why not?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/w...gents-launder-profits-of-mexican-cartels.html

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

Well, I think there's a difference in scale here. You are talking about some rogue policemen, I was talking about international governments. Not that I condone these practises, but the smaller the group of people involved, the easier to keep it a secret.
We heard and read about the money that sticked to the hand of the non profit orginasations after the worldwide collections for the benefits of the victims of the tsunami in 2004. But the story of Kathryn Bolkovac never made it in our news papers. Did you guys were informed about it by the media?

 

[squallumz]

 

[vodkazvictim]

Yeah it happens.
Yeah it's bad.
Question is, what are we gonna do about it? Finally ***** our "leaders" to show some accountability?

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

Yeah it happens.
Yeah it's bad.
Question is, what are we gonna do about it? Finally ***** our "leaders" to show some accountability?

I wish we were. Thing is, this is something that should be organized globally. Who can do that? :dunno: