Oil firm whistleblower trapped in Croatian holiday hell

In other circumstances, Jonathan Taylor would be living the dream. Who could say no to an extended stay in the ancient city of Dubrovnik, without the hordes of tourists who normally interfere with the experience?

But for the British lawyer-turned-whistleblower, his time on the Croatian coast is more of a Kafkaesque nightmare. He was arrested on arrival in July - and has been stuck in Dubrovnik ever since, while the few other tourists who made it to the city this summer are long gone.

"All the hotels are empty now," he says. "It's like a ghost town."

Mr Taylor believes his involuntary stay in Dubrovnik is the price for exposing corruption in the international oil industry.

He spent nine years working in Monaco for SBM Offshore, a Dutch multinational company that provides services to the offshore oil and gas industry. But in 2012 he blew the whistle on corrupt practices - providing evidence about bribes being offered to government officials in return for lucrative contracts.

SBM Offshore eventually agreed to a then-record $240m (£186m) settlement with the Dutch authorities. It paid a similar sum to settle a case in the US.

And in Brazil, Mr Taylor's evidence contributed to a massive scandal surrounding oil company Petrobras.