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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 | July 17, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Nigeria Global Witness comment in relation to Nigerian OPL-245 oil deal There have been important developments relating to the US$1.1 billion deal for Nigeria’s prolific oil block, OPL-245. The deal for the block involved the ex-Nigerian Oil Minister, Dan Etete, a disgruntled middleman, the Nigerian Government and subsidiaries of two of the world’s largest oil companies – Shell and Eni – who paid US$1.1 billion to purchase the block in 2011. | June 12, 2013 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan Sudan and South Sudan must act now to avoid further conflict over oil Global Witness is calling on Sudan and South Sudan to re-examine and re-invigorate their commitments under the September 27, 2012 Cooperation Agreement, and work with international partners to ensure that oil does not lead to conflict. The call comes in response to the order by the Government of Sudan on June 11 to shut down South Sudanese oil transiting through Sudanese export facilities. | June 12, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining EU vote marks birth of global transparency standard – G8 to pick up the challenge Landmark legislation a major defeat for Big Oil and boosts UK’s G8 push for extractive industries transparency Today the European Parliament voted through legislation that will force natural resource companies to publish details of the billions in payments they make to governments around the world, such as taxes, royalties and licence fees. In a fresh development announced this morning, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has confirmed that Canada will enact similar legislation. | May 20, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness calls on Shell to drop support for anti-transparency lawsuit Litigation runs contrary to the UK G8 Presidency’s push for a global transparency standard Global Witness is attending Shell’s AGM in The Hague today to ask the company to drop its support for a lawsuit that aims to kill off vital a U.S. transparency law. While the UK uses its G8 Presidency to advance a global transparency standard for oil and mining companies, the lawsuit seeks to stifle disclosure and move the industry in the opposite direction. | May 9, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo La loi sur les hydrocarbures devant le parlement de la RD Congo n’est pas en mesure d’arrêter la corruption ou les dommages environnementaux – Global Witness Read in English | May 9, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Oil law before Congo parliament fails to safeguard against corruption or environmental damage – Global Witness Lire en français | April 26, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Global Witness welcomes SFO announcement of formal investigation into ENRC Global Witness raised repeated concerns of corruption risks over opaque mining deals in Congo The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced yesterday that they are opening a criminal investigation into FTSE 100 mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). The SFO said that: “The focus of the investigation will be allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption relating to the activities of the company or its subsidiaries in Kazakhstan and Africa.” | April 19, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Equatorial Guinea Damning video and contracts show BSGR was lying in Guinea mining scandal Beny Steinmetz Group Resources says there was no corrupt behaviour in its acquisition of licences to one of the world’s largest iron ore concessions, in the West African nation of Guinea. It asserts that the wife of a former Guinean dictator had no involvement in its business dealings. All such allegations, it says, are part of a smear campaign. Global Witness has seen evidence to the contrary. | April 16, 2013 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Guinea Corruption arrest in US puts Beny Steinmetz Group Resources in the frame | April 12, 2013 Oil, Gas & Mining 欧盟通过全球资源企业反腐败法 Click here to read in English. 供2013年4月9日即时发布 新法的出台标志着全球见证组织十五年来的不懈努力取得重大胜利 今日欧盟出台新规,要求石油、天然气、矿产和林业资源开采企业详细披露其在自然资源开发项目中向资源国政府支付的各项费用。这项具有突破性意义的法令让资源富裕国家的人民有机会详细了解本国自然资源所带来的收益。因此,该法令不仅代表着反腐斗争取得了峰回路转的进展,同时也是全球见证组织历时15年不懈斗争所取得的一场重要胜利。 欧洲议会和理事会已同意,根据欧盟《会计及透明度指令》的规定,所有欧盟上市企业、及大型私有石油、天然气、矿产和林业资源开采企业均需公布他们向资源国政府所支付的资金信息(备注一)。无论项目所在地,企业都必须对包括税收、特许权使用费、许可费等在内,金额超过10万欧元的所有资金支付进行披露。欧盟出台该指令意在效法美国,2010年,美国出台了与之类似的财务信息披露法案——《多德•弗兰克法案》。 Show Previous 10 Show Next 10