From the Cambridge Analytica and Brexit scandal, LuxLeaks to the ‘Panama Papers’ and Volkswagen cheating emission tests, whistleblowers and investigative journalists have risked everything to keep us informed. By exposing to us secrets and lies that corporations, tax dodgers, governments and EU leaders would rather we did not know about, they have made a massive public contribution to democracy and provided us with even more determination to fight for tax and climate justice, as well as data protection and fundamental rights on behalf of citizens.

Read more in our Whistleblowers explainer