Valsamis Mitsilegas is Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security, Director of the Criminal Justice Centre and Deputy Dean for Global Engagement (Europe) at Queen Mary University of London. Santiago Wortman Jofre is a lawyer specialized in Criminal Law (2014), University of Buenos Aires; LL.M. in Criminal Law and Criminal Science (2016), University of Barcelona/University Pompeu Fabra; M.Sc. in Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security (2017), University of Essex, and Ph.D. Candidate at Queen Mary University of London.

• Protecting Whistleblowers: The Challenges of Developing an Effective Legal FrameworkValsamis Mitsilegas and Santiago Wortman JofreFrom Obscurity to Limelight: Whistleblowers’ Protection under EU LawDimitrios Kafteranis1 Introduction: Blowing the Whistle at the Heart of the European Union2 The Role of the European Parliament Towards the Adoption of an EU Legal Framework on the Protection of Whistleblowers3 From the Proposal to the Final Text of the Directive on the Protection of Persons Who Report Breaches of Union4 Remarks on the Directive and Its Special Relationship with Criminal Law5 Concluding RemarksA Decade of Fast-track Whistleblowing Legislation: The Quest for Effective Protection of Whistleblowers in GreeceAnna Damaskou and Antonios Baltas1 The Significance of Culture in Enacting and Implementing Whistleblowing Legislation Effectively2 The State of Corruption and Whistleblower Protection in an EU Member State Lacking Dedicated Whistleblowing Legislation3 Can Corruption Be De-rooted without Dedicated Whistleblowing Legislation?4 “… And Then There Was Light”: The Enactment of Dedicated Whistleblowing Legislation in Greece5 The Novartis Scandal in Greece: A Stress-Test for the Greek Whistleblowing Legislation and Culture6 The Efficiency of Whistleblowers’ Protection in Greece in View of the Transposition of the EU Directive on the Protection of Whistleblowers7 The Transpositon of the EU Directive on the Protection of Whistleblowers into the Greek Legal Order8 The Significance of Culture in Providing Effective Whistleblowing Protection under the Demands of the New EraProtecting Whistleblowers in Israel: The Gap Between the Law and its ImplementationNoa Yosef1 Introduction2 Background3 Israel’s Main Laws for Protecting Whistleblowers4 Criticism against the Protection of Employees Law and State Comptroller Law5 Criminal Laws and Civil-Labour Laws – Complementary Mechanisms6 Conclusion: More Is Better Than OneWhistleblowing and Cooperating Witnesses in Context: The Argentinian PerspectiveHugo Wortman Jofre and Ana Clara Rivero1 Introduction2 The Role of Whistleblowers and Cooperating Witnesses3 Essential Discussions about Cooperating Witnesses