An investigating judge has dismissed British oil whistleblower Jonathan Taylor’s case, according to a March 16 article from BBC News. Taylor is “elated” by the news but discouraged that Monaco’s public prosecutor has launched an appeal to the decision.
Taylor worked for nine years as a lawyer in Monaco for SBM Offshore, a Dutch multinational oil company. He blew the whistle in 2012 on corruption and provided “evidence about bribes being offered to government officials in return for lucrative contracts,” a BBC article states.
“As a result of Taylor’s whistleblowing, the company ‘eventually agreed to a then-record $240m (186m) settlement with the Dutch authorities,’” previous WNN reporting states. Taylor’s whistleblower case also had ramifications in the U.S. – in November of 2017, “the U.S. Department of Justice announced that SBM Offshore and ‘its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, SBM Offshore USA Inc. (SBM USA), have agreed to resolve criminal charges and pay a criminal penalty of $238 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of foreign officials’ in several countries. SBM USA also pleaded guilty ‘in connection with the resolution.’”
In July of 2020, Taylor went on a holiday with his family in Dubrovnik, Croatia. While there, he was arrested “on an Interpol red licence,” and according to BBC reporting, the “warrant was withdrawn but Croatian courts would not allow him to leave amid ongoing extradition proceedings.” Taylor was forced to stay in...
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