On Friday 4 March 2022, the European Commission announed that a whistleblower tool to facilitate the reporting of possible sanctions violations is now available online at https://eusanctions.integrityline.com/.
This is a secure online platform, which whistleblowers from around the world can use to anonymously report past, current or planned European Union (EU) sanctions violations. The European Commission, which manages the whistleblower tool, is committed to protecting the identity of whistleblowers who take personal risks to report sanctions violations.
The tool was first announced in January 2021 on communication on fostering the openness, strength and resilience of the European economic and financial system. It responds to the Commission's ambition to fully support the effective implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions. The EU has more than 40 sanctions regimes in place and their effectiveness relies on their proper implementation and enforcement, including in thwarting circumvention and evasion of sanctions.
As guardian of the EU Treaties, the European Commission is in charge of monitoring the enforcement of EU sanctions across the Union. If the Commission considers that the whistleblower information it received is credible, it will share the anonymised report and any additional information gathered during the internal inquiry into the case with the national competent authorities in the relevant Member State(s).
