Kathryn Bolkovac is an American former police investigator from Nebraska. She worked as a U.N. International Police Force monitor.
Originally hired by the U.S. company DynCorp in the framework of a U.N.-related contract, she filed a lawsuit[1] in Great Britain against DynCorp for unfair dismissal due to a protected disclosure (whistleblowing), and on 2 August 2002 the tribunal unanimously found in her favor.[2] DynCorp had a $15 million contract to hire and train police officers for duty in Bosnia at the time she reported such officers were paying for prostitutes and participating in sex-trafficking.[3] Many of these were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity, but none have been prosecuted, as they also enjoy immunity from prosecution in Bosnia.[4][5]
Bolkovac's story was made into a film, The Whistleblower, released in 2011. She has also co-authored a 2011 book with Cari Lynn The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice.
She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.[6]