Since 2019, a European Union directive has been in place requiring whistleblowers to be protected against corruption in both the public and private sectors, in order to prevent potential retaliation for reporting malpractice. The Spanish government has already transposed the regulations into its own law—which requires all entities to have internal and external reporting channels—and now the Catalan government is preparing to implement its own regulations, going beyond the internal reporting channels already in place. Recently, it has become clear that despite the existence of whistleblowers, those affected believe they are not receiving effective protection, which in Catalonia falls to the Anti-Fraud Office. In fact, the government itself admits that there are "legal loopholes" in the current legislative framework.