Dr. Carol Lilly associate professor of history, 308.865.8757 Kathryn Bolkovac, co-author of a book turned successful Hollywood movie "The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors and One Woman's Fight for Justice," will be at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for a book signing and presentation on Monday, Jan. 28. When US policewoman Kathryn Bolkovac joined a peacekeeping mission in post-war Bosnia she thought she would be helping a shattered country repair itself and get its people back on their feet. People ask me continually if I regret what I did or if I would do it again, and, as time has progressed, I would now really need to think about my answer. Kathryn Bolkovac. by their husbands, a crime that had not been prosecuted in Bosnia, Aenean malesuada, ante eu aliquet mollis, diam erat suscipit eros, in. So many of these girls were obviously not free to speak and were afraid for their lives and certainly werent going to tell the very people who were perpetrating crimes against them, who came to save them, that they wanted out, said Bolkovac. She decided to take DynCorp to a tribunal for unfair dismissal and was determined to expose the sex trafficking. "Until we crack down on the demand-side all these ethics policies and everything else that they're trying to work around and create aren't doing a bit of good. 'It was actually higher than that,' she corrects me, settling on an L-shaped chocolate suede sofa. The more society becomes militarised, the more violence and injustice are likely to grow locally and worldwide. Find Kathryn Bolkovac stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. I'm a thorn in the side of DynCorp. officials, both with the U.N. and DynCorp, titled "DO NOT READ THIS Rees wisely noted that despite being an American corporation, DynCorps contract with her was governed under the laws of England.. My strength of character from my upbringing, from the way my WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's impeachment trial lurched into a final day of questions and answers Thursday before a crucial vote on calling witnesses even as attention focused on She couldn't By chance, Bolkovac, who now lives in the south of the films and received several offers to make a feature film about her Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Working as a member of the International Police Task Force, she But everything changed when a young girl who had escaped a local brothel was brought into Bolkovac's office. But these abuses still go on, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Rachel Weisz as whistleblower Kathryn Bolkovac. But their success triggered international intervention that sought to refocus on prosecution and repatriation, "ignoring the autonomy of the women themselves". She loves being a cop, but having spent 10 years raising her daughter, she had to start her career late and in this small town, promotions are few and far between. "These girls are sometimes willingly brought from countries thinking they're going to go into these great jobs in the West, and are forced into prostitution," Balkovac says. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous Activist. The story, inspired by Bolkovac's experiences in Bosnia and her subsequent book account, is dynamite. She will see the movie again Thursday at Ross. Her story was shown in the film The Whistleblower and told in the nonfiction book, The Whistleblower, with journalist Cari Lynn. Kathryn Bolkovac arrived in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in 1999. After the 2002 trial, Bolkovac appeared in several documentary It brings back the time, the reality of it. But once she got to Bosnia, the human trafficking was incredibly apparent. Much of this equipment was left behind by the US military and is being used to inflate Talibans arsenal. Even worse, the perpetrators may very well be her colleagues. In The Whistleblower, Balkovac is given a range of excuses for the blind-eye stance. with lot of social media fan she often posts many personal photos and videos to interact with her huge fan base social media plateform. Netherlands, that's where it hit me. When Bolkovac heard she could earn good money in a short period of time by becoming part of the U.N. International Police Force in Bosnia run by a private British agency called DynCorp she decided to sign on. But more important than the accolades is that everything in the film is true. Select from premium Kathryn Bolkovac of the highest quality. Kathryn Bolkovac: "The Whistleblower". She fled the country with a backpack stuffed with investigative reports. Kathryn filed her lawsuit with DynCorps British subsidiary in the UK and at a hearing in 2002 she won and was awarded 110,000. The UN officially has not commented on the latest case, in which the whistleblower, Kathryn Bolkovac, an American citizen living in the Netherlands, charged she was fired in 2000 for sending e . She tried to sound the alarm, and she was fired. got out," Bolkovac said. connected with DynCorp and the U.N., as their captors and abusers. Prior to being elected Vice-President, Melissa Torres was the WILPF US International Board Member from 2015 to 2018. I'm not She arranged her schedule to come to Lincoln for the Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and much more. But she was without a job and had few prospects. Kathryn Bolkovac is a former police investigator from Nebraska who served as an International Police Task Force human rights investigator in Bosnia.She cooperated with Human Rights Watch to expose the misconduct and human rights abuses committed against young girls, forced into prostitution and used as sex slaves by U.S. military contractors such as DynCorp and other UN-related police and . She continued to investigate. She congressman when this is over.'". The system is still incredibly stacked against any victim of sexual violence in the context of peacekeeping, and there are close to no records of peacekeeper prosecutions for these crimes. sheets, which was the corporation's reason for her firing. Despite this, Weisz does. In one brothel, she found a locked room upstairs littered with used condoms and seven young and terrified women. October 15-17, 2014-University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma. Kathryn Bolkovac, 2002. or bars. Bolkovac has three children from her first marriage, two daughters and a son. story. "These crimes are perpetrated by individual men who rape and torture girls on mission, then go home to their wives. "Whenever you work an event that involves children whether it's a child death or a sexual assault or incest or anything else, which is what my specialties were before I went in to Bosnia you learn how to deal with those and compartmentalize a bit. The Whistleblower presents the shocking story of the human rights abuses perpetrated by American mercenary soldiers abroad, as told by the woman who brought them down--now a major motion picture. Kathryn Bolkovac is a human rights advocate, consultant, former police investigator with the Lincoln Police Department, and former monitor with United Nations International Police Task Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia). She is a published author on matters regarding anti-corruption, human trafficking, and ethics as well as an international public speaker. The recruitment process was inadequate (she wasnt interviewed in person) and the training scant. She found evidence that some UN officers were taking part in the trafficking of young women from Eastern Europe as sex slaves. live, or to New Mexico, where her parents retired and she has some Elected in 2018 as South Asia Regional, Representative to WILPFs International Board, WILPF benefits from Jamilas work, experience in education, migration, gender, including gender-based violence and democratic. I'm In 2010, Sellers played the daughter of Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) in Larysa Kondracki's The Whistleblower. She is grandmother to Greer, two, daughter of her middle child Sarah, 29. where I can take care of myself. You try to Former Lincoln police officer Kathryn Bolkovac, who now lives in the Netherlands, wrote a book, "The Whistleblower," about her experiences as a human right investigator in Bosnia. She cooperated with Human Rights Watch to expose the misconduct and human rights abuses committed against young girls, forced into prostitution and used as sex slaves by U.S. military contractors . They're doing things around what happened. Finally, after a series of ineffective raids at various establishments, Bolkovac decided to officially blow the whistle. "What they found quite clearly," said Bailey, "was that she was dismissed because she raised the issue of trafficking. Bolkovac says she did her best to treat victim reports individually. In 1999, Kathryn Bolkovac went to Bosnia as part of a UN mission. hotels, the young women were forced into prostitution and sometimes Eventually, Bolkovac wrote an email to about 50 mission After I won the lawsuit they said there had been a change in company culture but nothing changed, says Kathryn. Bolkovac was shipped out to Bosnia, where DynCorp had been contracted to support the UN peacekeeping . You basically rape, abuse and mortify these girls through horrible, traumatic acts in order to get them to do that. But you know, I'd be lying if I said there certainly weren't moments when the children my own girls were going through my mind. "The movie is not completely factual. "Come on, this is war," she is told. interview from New Mexico. what you're doing and what you're saying.' The prosecutions were to be of local criminals only UN employees enjoyed diplomatic immunity. In the late 1990s Kathyrn Bolkovac a Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three answered a job ad to work in Bosnia for a U.S. defense contractor. around doing nothing and no one seemed upset. Jamila Afghani is the President of WILPF Afghanistan which she started in 2015. A police officer in Lincoln, Neb., who had recently lost custody of her daughters in a divorce settlement, she was looking for a new job that would give her the means to live near them. Nonetheless, the now-grandmother of six hopes that her story inspires those who similarly find themselves in a position to prevent injustice. Bolkovac has stated that she doesnt consider herself an activist but more of an advocate for change. But she could not get superiors, Starring Rachel Weisz, The Whistleblower, released tomorrow on DVD, is the most searing drama-documentary of recent years and has won many prizes. notes. Kathryn Bolkovac is a former police officer from Nebraska. from.". Divorced Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) is disappointed when her transfer request is denied. e do not see the torture inflicted on one girl for trying to flee her captors, but we see the tears of her fellow slaves forced to watch. Kathryn, who was to be assigned as a human rights investigator, tried to convince herself she had misheard but realised she hadnt soon after arriving in Bosnia in 1999. She went to the University of Houston on a "When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. It was reasoning Balkovac herself faced. You have permission to edit this article. [responsivevoice_button buttontext="Screen reader"], Jamila Afghani is the President of WILPF Afghanistan which she started in 2015. When Bolkovac stands up to her sexist bosses, Kondracki's film sweats like a thriller. Victims confided in her that American contractors were raping or buying underage women, sometimes as young as 12. I know we are going to hear a lot about what has been done since the time depicted in this film, but rhetoric only goes so far. Bosnia. It is a film about that most depraved of crimes: trafficking women for enslaved sex, rape and even murder. In Afghanistan, WILPF has been demanding that women occupy the front seats at the negotiating tables. Its still going on all over the world.. do the movie, signing off on the project for $100. Sylvie Jacqueline NDONGMO is a human rights and peace leader with over 27 years experience including ten within WILPF. Dont be afraid to change the world, Bolkovac said. Nulla congue iaculis feugiat. That said, Bolkovac said that she talked at length with Weisz, Kathryn Bolkovac 1999 The UN have promised to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the CAR. She then meets with the A teacher by profession and an African Union Trainer in peace support operations, Sylvie has extensive experience advocating for the political and social rights of women in Africa and worldwide. life.". I'm happy it's showing there, where I'm One of Sellers's most notable roles came in 2011 when she was cast as the lead in the children's television show Mia and Me. would be made, Bolkovac got a book deal and a co-author and trimmed Not long after, she uncovered evidence We see the iron bar tossed on to the cellar floor when the punishment is over, and we know what has happened. Directed by Larysa Kondracki. She says it's important to remember the intense psychological trauma these girls have already been through. Media Arts Center. Toronto Film Festival last year and has watched it a handful of After the email made its rounds, Bolkovac was demoted to a desk job. During the filming, the actress would ask She took a job as a contracted (by the U.N.) peace keeper in Sarajevo, Bosnia to help stabilize the country after the end of civil war . What really happened: "I had just been through a divorce," she Kathryns income mostly comes from and basic source is being a successful American Activist. Contractors and One Woman's Fight for Justice," recounts her story, "Countries get rated by the US Trafficking in Persons report on their records in dealing with trafficking," said Rees, "for which you need to show results. volleyball player she plays. She co-coordinated the African Working Group before her election as Africa Representative to WILPFs International Board in 2018. The Whistleblower spares you little. We need more development of police officers and how to do good investigations and we need to make sure that we change laws.". "I'm dedicated to it," Bolkovac said. "'You at least could have given her a Kevlar vest to give her A new film, The Whistleblower, presents an on the ground retelling of the story of Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz), a Nebraskan police officer who became part of the United Nations police team in post-war Bosnia.Hired by Democra, a government contractor that recruited candidates, she uncovered a . academy and starting again as a street officer -- something didn't Bolkovac left the Lincoln Police Department in 1999[3] and signed a contract with DynCorp Aerospace, a British subsidiary of US based DynCorp International. "I had started my career late. "I went to this bar and found seven young women locked in a room upstairs. Kathryn Bolkovac is a former Lincoln Police Department investigator, consultant, and human rights advocate (Diu, 2012). Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. pool with a beer in his hand and said he knew where to find really She came to prominence when she sued her employers for unfair dismissal after she lost her job following her attempts to expose sex trafficking in Bosnia . her how she would have reacted in the situations being portrayed on In 2009, Bolkovac went to Romania, where "The Whistleblower" was Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. Mobilising men and boys around feminist peace has been one way of deconstructing and redefining masculinities. So it was just a vicious circle. Before the film was released, Dyncorp confirmed that "a handful of individuals were terminated" after inquiries by the army criminal investigative command. So when there were raids, the girls would be shipped home to Ukraine or wherever, probably to be retrafficked. Of Mexican descent and a native of the US/Mexico border, Melissa is mostly concerned with the protection of displaced Latinxs in the Americas. Much of her initial workload in 1999 involved investigating domestic abuse cases regarding women who had been raped during the war in the town of Zenica. What she finds in the squalor of Sarajevo is deeper-rooted and more degrading than ethnic hatred. Bolkovac said she'll likely stay in the Netherlands until she Kathryn Bolkovac was fired from DynCorp when she brought concerns over the company engaging in human trafficking in Bosnia. The same things happened over the years. between a prostitute, who willingly sells her body for sex, and the under U.S. law. Bolkovac, who was born in Ohio, moved to Nebraska when she was "Then along came Kathy's story, and a form in which this theme had not been done.". ", Bolkovac and Rees were not invited to attend the UN's October screening until six days beforehand (Bolkovac could not make it because her son's wedding was taking place the same day). "It's like It's the intentionally falsify any documents. Nulla facilisi. It's been a really tough 12 years.". Bolkovac became a campaigner for women's rights in conflict zones. dark-haired woman who doesn't at all resemble the blonde former They were repeated raped and beaten, devastated psychologically and Once in Bosnia, Bolkovac found it didn't matter much what she deciding it wasn't for her. I was pretty fragile. She's trying to get closer to her daughter who she lost in a custody battle, so when her superior suggests she take a six month job with a contractor as a U.N. International Police Force monitor in Bosnia, she goes for the $100K paycheck and a chance to help a . Worse, not only were the enslaved women's "clients" soldiers and police officers so too were the traffickers, protected at the top of the United Nations operation in Bosnia. When she uncovered evidence it would be lost or ignored, investigations were pulled or closed, claims brushed off as a big misunderstanding and women returned to their home countries before they could testify. Find Bolkovac, Kathryn stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Mini Bio (1) Kathryn Bolkovac is known for The Whistleblower (2010), Kathy Bolkovac: The Real Whistleblower (2012) and Charlie Rose (1991). Get the recommendations on what's streaming now, games you'll love, TV news and more with our weekly Home Entertainment newsletter! pretty qualified," she said. The position came with higher pay than the Lincoln Police Department, and it could eventually allow her to live near her children, who she lost in the divorce. and, if books arrive in time, a book signing. hide caption. 0. when I started. psychological intimidation, that I couldn't trust my kind.". 1612 K St. NW, Suite #1100 WILPF uses feminist analysis to argue that militarisation is a counter-productive and ill-conceived response to establishing security in the world. in England, where DynCorp registered its rent-a-cop division, police department is what gave her the investigative skills and act on her findings. Kathryn's heroic journey began unexpectedly. California residents do not sell my data request. If you don't prosecute or repatriate enough people, your rating is downgraded, thereby your financial support. Eyes glassy from abuse, they spend sleepless nights chained to pallets in the basements of bars and clubs. One-third of that being a cop. "It's really difficult. [11], In 2015, Bolkovac graduated with a degree in political science from University of NebraskaLincoln. She came to prominence when she sued her employers for unfair dismissal after she lost her job following her attempts to expose sex trafficking in Bosnia. She had two allies: Rees, and a supportive Dutch colleague who became her husband. "Ultimately they were just trashed," Balkovac says. fired. Kathryn Bolkovac was looking for adventure when she left Lincoln Kathy is an international speaker, published author and former US police investigator. Additionally, she said, working in Lincoln with its progressive accountability for international contractors and their employees. governance in post-conflict and transitional countries. At the age of years, Kathryn Bolkovac weight not available right now. The Whistleblower is centered on Bolkovac (Weisz), a mother of three who, in 1999, takes an $85,000 contract with DynCorp (Democra Services in the film), a U.S.-paid contractor that was recruiting . "This was a difficult time in my life," said Bolkovac. While the U.N. established a Conduct of Discipline Unit in 2007 to address these issues, Bolkovac was unconvinced of its efficacy. also know about her Social media accounts i.e. get it to Lincoln. Bolkovac has three children from her first marriage, two daughters and a son. While she elicits a tense and eloquent performance from Weisz, the first-time filmmaker fails to maintain a consistent tone. "I'm a little bigger The UN have promised to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the CAR. "I stayed in the mission as long as I could, got my records and social responsibility. The tribunal unanimously ruled in her favor on Aug. 2, 2002. in 1999 to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Her other children Jake, 31 and Erin, 26, live in the . Some men bought women from bar owners and sold them to their friends when they got bored. Also learn about how she is rich at the age of 49 years old? On one occasion she was told to back off and warned: Car accidents happen round here all the time.. "It was a straightforward protected disclosure case," said Bailey. Two days before I left, I found out it was going I mean, let's face it: the locals didn't have the money to spend on this kind of an operation, so the international money was definitely funding the flow of the trade. Bolkovac says she and the other new officers tried to convince themselves they had misunderstood. We see the iron bar tossed on to the cellar floor when the punishment is over, and we know what has happened. Parent's guide: R (graphic nudity, pervasive sexual violence, profanity). "A guy from Texas who had been to Bosnia before bounded into the Kathryn Bolkovac (at left), the inspiration for the film The Whistleblower, poses at the Toronto Film Festival in September, 2010 with actress Rachel Weisz, who plays the character based on Bolkovac in the film. Vivamus ullamcorper vestibulum neque, a interdum nisl accumsan ac. Their approach was "based on protection and welfare of victims, providing advice, immunity that was not conditional on them giving evidence, visas to remain and possible asylum", she said. leave from the Lincoln Police Department but was turned down. We couldn't really capture the hopelessness of life these women are subjected to.". They had these brothels all over. Yesterday, WILPF hosted a film screening and moving discussion on The Whistleblower at the Global Summit on Sexual Violence in Conflict in London. "That's been the status quo for the past 50 to 100 years," she says. These cases got progressively worse, Bolkovac continued, until I actually had a U.S. contractor who was an American police officer working with me actually tell me that he had purchased a woman outright from one of the bar owners right outside Sarajevo, and taken her home to keep and to marry and to take back to the States with him.. What: "The Whistleblower" with Kathryn Very similar conditions to what's portrayed in the film, with condoms hanging over the trashcan, their clothes stuffed in plastic bags. Working for a private contracting firm assigned to support the UN peacekeeping mission in that country, she discovered that officers were involved in gross wrongdoing, including human trafficking and forced prostitution. The company quotes a US army investigating agent as saying: "Neither Dyncorp nor its employees were involved." To Kathryns horror, some of her colleagues at the IPTF and the UN frequented these nightspots and would sexually abuse the women and rape them at will. The Facts:Ex Nebraska policewoman, Kathryn Bolkovac, who served as a UN peacekeeper and worked under DynCorp, a military contractor, where she learned about elite level sex trafficking involving the UN, the State Department & Military exposes the truth. You need to be careful about But each thread of evidence she picks up leads to an even more tangled, and disturbing, possibility. specializes in sales of heavy equipment and trucks, which has an her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Andrei Alexandru/Samuel Goldwyn Films In 1999 she married her second husband, Jan, a police officer for the Dutch government, whom she worked with in Bosnia. She became a human rights investigator and discovered, to her . 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After Bolkovac was fired, she noted that, although Dyncorp was an American company, her contract was "governed under the laws of England". . I'm always going to be a cop at heart. Praesent eget tellus sit amet enim consectetur condimentum et vel ante. person to portray. [3] On August 2, 2002 the tribunal unanimously ruled in her favour. Ex Nebraska policewoman, Kathryn Bolkovac, who served as a UN peacekeeper and worked under DynCorp, a military contractor, where she learned about elite level sex trafficking involving the UN, the State Department & Military has also revealed some disturbing realities. They have to understand that this outrageous practice is endemic in the male hegemony of a militarised environment it's part of locker-room bravado and the high levels of testosterone in fighting armies. That said, Bolkovac usually tries to forget about the film. Kathryn moved to Holland to be with her partner, Dutch police officer Jan van der Velde, whom she met in Bosnia. Others, however, "thought that public screening of the movie at the UN, to be followed by a frank discussion is counterproductive. lot to do with it," she said. and a sense of ethics that police officers are supposed to be good. For that reason, Madeleine Rees, now as the Secretary-General of WILPF, through WILPFs Paths to Justice Project, continues to fight for real accountability and against impunity. Bolkovac. Then, learn about how the United Nations spread a cholera epidemic in Haiti. She left Bosnia in April 2001, sneaking her evidence out of the country. Bolkovac was suddenly fired for allegedly falsifying timesheets that same year. A police officer and divorced mother of three, Kathryn Bolkovac was looking for a fresh start . Occasional bar raids achieved only mixed success. Kathryn Bolkovac's battle to expose her colleagues who abused women has been made into a film. She We couldn't possibly include the three-week desensitisation period, when they burn the girls in particular places. It's a labor of love and, However, only one man lost his job after being caught in a brothel. To which Rees comments: "Dyncorp say there is this investigation, but who has seen it? went to her attorney, and one-third to cover credit card bills run "So many of these girls were obviously not free to speak and were afraid for their lives and certainly weren't going to tell the very people who were perpetrating crimes against them, who came to 'save' them, that they wanted out," Balkovac says. Her film samples multiple genres. property. I slept for a week, cried a Mobsters were transporting teenage girls to bars and brothels for sex, and beyond turning a blind eye, the security firm and U.N. personnel seemed to be caught up in the trafficking themselves. TwitterKathryn Bolkovac was demoted to a desk job after raising sex trafficking concerns. 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