ALB – Alert Lebanon – Whistleblower platform against corruption in Lebanon

ALB is a platform which collects information about corruption in Lebanon. It was set up by a group of associations, activists, and Lebanese citizens who are anonymous for the time being, in order to ensure their effectiveness and their safety. This group transcends the various Lebanese communities, which is necessary in order to fight corruption.

ALB allows people to safely report acts of corruption, illegal fund transfers, or embezzlement of public funds perpetrated against Lebanon and its citizens, in order to bring them to public knowledge and to allow for legal action. Anonymity is guaranteed to whistleblowers in order to protect them from retaliation and to make them effective.

The group which manages ALB has already collected solid information and has started legal action in impartial European courts, in some cases directly, and in other cases through partner groups. This is only the beginning.

The end game of this initiative is to free Lebanon from the corruption which it has been enduring for decades, so as to allow for the emergence of the rule of law. This aim will only be achieved when those who have led the country to bankruptcy through corruption will have been severely punished, and the stolen assets will have been returned to their rightful owner, the Lebanese people.

As Edmund Burke said,
“the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
With courage and determination, the cancer of Lebanese corruption will be vanquished.

Attorney William Bourdon, who has worked with the collective, agreed to share the following testimony:

“I have worked with the people who run the ALB platform anonymously, and I have been able to assess the quality of the information they gather and pass on. I can vouch for their seriousness, their reliability, and the sincerity of their commitment. Without them, the Salamé case — and others — could never have been taken this far. ALB has one clear purpose: fighting corruption in Lebanon, in full respect of the law and of judicial institutions. This initiative follows no religious or partisan agenda — it brings together people from different backgrounds, united by a single demand: the public interest, and accountability, whoever may be responsible.”

William BourdonAttorney at law (barreau de Paris)

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