13 July 2015
Against Child Trafficking and a European Commission civil servant (a colleague of whistleblower Roelie Post) blew the whistle on children’s rights and child trafficking for intercountry adoptions at the European Parliament. This European Commission civil servant informed Member of the European Parliament Cecilia Wikström about the intimidation/threats she gets.
How Cecilia Wikström deals with a whistleblower on children’s rights:
(13 July 2015):
Wikström: Did you ever consider leaving your job and just doing something else, like selling furniture or interior design?
Commission whistleblower: Well, yes, if you have money. I don’t have that. I have applied for other jobs, outside and inside the European Commission, but I haven’t got anything. So, I just take my salary, and I don’t …
Wikström: I would not mind having that… With that kind of money, you could set up any kind of…
Against Child Trafficking (ACT): You are not allowed to… as a civil servant.
Wikstrom: But with that kind of money, you could have put some money aside so that you could open a kiosk, or sell some clothes or flowers, or I don’t know. Did you ever consider that?
Commission whistleblower: Well, what about the European children? Perhaps all the NGO’s could just sell candles?
Wikström: That’s what I would have done immediately. If my child had been threatened, I would have said: OK, I wash my hands.
Commission whistleblower: Yes, many people are giving up. It is very difficult. I am not the one. I have almost given up. But not yet.
For further info:
Video Conference on Whistleblowing 4 June 2015 Arun Dohle blows the whistle
Video Conference on Whistleblowing 27 January 2016 co-chairs Jean-Marie Cavada and Cecilia Wikstrom