Positive examples

“The Sea is a Gentle Mistress…”

It takes a tough guy to find the courage to fight back against unlawful proceedings, on high seas. Jaroslav Hornof found such courage aboard a German-flagged ship, where he was a systems engineer.

Won’t sell mandate, shuns cushy jobs and his conscience is…

A bribe certainly need not be given in the run-of-the-mill, cash-in-envelope shady way. An offer of a cushy job and miscellaneous perks may also be a way to bribe somebody. Police have started investigations of suspected corruption in a…

Battle with solar mills

You might still recall the support the government gave at the start of the new millennium to solar power projects, designed to encourage owners of weekend cottages and country houses to acquire small, self-contained sources of solar…

Positive examples

This section is devoted to courageous men and women who protect the interests of society and alert the public about depravities and shady practices even at the risk of losing money, job and good health.

He tried to heal Prague Transport Company, but lost his job

Prague Transport Company (DPP) is a familiar turf for many Prague politicos. Fearless people who try to put things in order and alert the public on public contract manipulations are being fired and exposed to pressure bordering health…

Corrupt elements caught in the act of taking bribe

Mr. Martin Pecka is the owner of Auta Motol. He has spent many years selling automobiles, tackling problems big and small, and dealing with people of every hue and description. He encountered and solved almost anything, but a five-year-old…

Refused to give a CZK 50mn bribe

Czech Canadian George Formandl kept his composure and worked with the police to apprehend a man who asked for a bribe in return for effecting change to the Prague territorial plan.

Bribe rejected, corrupt elements indicted with help

On 10 April 2013, two labour office inspectors entered the I Love Mama restaurant and requested all staff to produce their working papers. Ludmila Kaštilová, who was present the scene, told the inspectors all original copies of such…

Courageous teachers of Christian Doppler Grammar School in…

Teachers Jarmila Samirová and Blanka Dryková have reported a breach of binding rules and other malpractices at the Christian Doppler Grammar School in Prague. Although their findings were confirmed by the Czech School Inspection, they were…