Johannes Stefansson is the former Director of Operations in Namibia for the Icelandic fishing company Samherji. Johannes blew the whistle on #corruption and bribery in the allocation of Namibian #fishing quotas by publicly disclosing 30,000 documents that were published by Wikileaks. The subsequent fallout became known as the ‘Fishrot Scandal’.
Johannes’s courageous #whistleblowing resulted in the resignation of two Namibian government officials and the suspension of Samerji’s CEO. A criminal investigation is still ongoing. The evidence Johannes collected was crucial to the investigation. Johannes has personally been subject to a sustained campaign of #harassment and intimidation by those he exposed.
In this video he sets out he explains how he came to blow the whistle, the impact on his life and career and his reasons in exposing corruption and protecting the #environment.
