Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe | Oct. 31, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining UK lead on oil and mining transparency law sends strong signal to U.S. Global Witness welcomes today’s announcement by the UK Government that it will pass legislation in 2014 to ensure UK oil, gas, mining and logging companies publish details of their revenue payments to governments, such as taxes, royalties and licence fees, right down to the project-level. | Oct. 23, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness calls on UK Select Committee to lift the lid on corruption scandals Global Witness submission to Select Committee inquiry into oil and mining sectors calls for: | Oct. 18, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Secretive plans to sell a lucrative Congolese mining asset raise further Congo corruption concerns New reports indicate that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned mining company, Gécamines, is in an advanced stage of negotiations to sell its stake in a lucrative copper mine without informing the Congolese Ministry of Mines. If true, this would follow a pattern of opaque deals in Congo mining sector giving rise to concerns about poor value for money and possible corruption, said Global Witness today. | Sept. 10, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining UK inspires Nordic countries to accelerate oil, gas and mining transparency The UK Prime Minister’s commitment to early implementation of new European transparency laws that require oil, gas, mining and timber companies to report the payments they make to governments has inspired similar commitments from other Northern European countries. | Sept. 5, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Le processus législatif relatif à la loi sur les hydrocarbures en RD Congo devrait être suspendu pour permettre une consultation publique Read in English Le Parlement congolais devrait suspendre l’adoption d’un projet de loi sur les hydrocarbures controversé et y ajouter des mesures fondamentales pour empêcher la corruption et le forage dans l’un des parcs nationaux les plus importants du monde, a affirmé Global Witness aujourd’hui. | Sept. 5, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Congo’s flawed oil law should be put on hold to allow time for debate Lire en français The Congolese parliament should suspend the passage of a controversial oil bill and insert basic measures to prevent corruption and drilling in one of the world’s most important national parks Global Witness said today. | Sept. 4, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Equatorial Guinea SFO should act to investigate London link in BSGR’s Guinea mine scandal The UK Serious Fraud Office should take action following police raids in Switzerland and France on premises linked to Onyx Financial Advisors, Global Witness said today. | Sept. 3, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining SEC must take opportunity to re-issue a strong rule for the vital US transparency law under Dodd-Frank 1504 Global Witness joins Members of Congress and investors representing more than US$5.6 trillion in assets in calling on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to re-issue a strong rule under Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—a vital piece of bipartisan US transparency legislation. | Aug. 2, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan South Sudan’s new government must quickly enact oil law | July 23, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Joint statement from Global Witness, Re:Common, The Corner House on matters arising from the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession /sites/default/files/Header1.jpg Show Previous 10 Show Next 10