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Stand:updated on 09.04.2024 Welcome to BaFin’s Contact Point for Whistleblowers.

Employees of companies and authorities are often the first to note irregularities. By providing appropriate information, they can help to uncover, examine, investigate and put a stop to infringements of the law. Whistleblowers assume responsibility for society and therefore deserve protection from disadvantages to which they could be exposed as a result of their activities and which may therefore deter them from making reports.

Do you suspect that an individual or a company has violated supervisory provisions that BaFin is responsible for enforcing? If so, please contact BaFin’s Contact Point for Whistleblowers. In the event of acute danger to life or other threatening situations, please first dial the usual emergency phone numbers or contact your local police station.

Who is your contact partner – where can you obtain help?

When do I have reason to assume that it is necessary to forward information for the report I have submitted?

The protection is offered to you only to the extent that you may reasonably assume that there is a need to forward information for your report. The Whistleblower Protection Act does not cover the forwarding of information that is superfluous for your report.

When submitting reports to BaFin, the forwarding of information covered by professional or statutory confidentiality obligations is permissible in so far as the aforesaid forwarding was necessary for the report. Thus, you will not be required to compensate damages arising from such actions. Furthermore, as a general rule there is no need for you to fear criminal consequences as a result of forwarding information.

Please refer to our data protection declaration.

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