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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 | March 21, 2007 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Oil Revenue Transparency: A Strategic Component of U.S. Energy Security Policy The time has come for a global drive towards energy revenue transparency, says a new Global Witnessreport issued today. Energy revenue transparency limits the scope for oil-related corruption through fiscal accountability. This initiative presents a low cost, high-impact opportunity for both the United States and international oil companies to enhance energy security, improve investment climates, and contribute to the development of poor nations. | Feb. 19, 2007 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola Angola: Immediate release of anti-corruption campaigner required Human rights and anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their employee Dr Sarah Wykes, a highly respected international anti-corruption campaigner. | Nov. 14, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Governments Leading anti-corruption campaigner detained over alleged defamation Christian Mounzeo, a leading campaigner against corruption in Congo Brazzaville and member of the Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was arrested yesterday and accused of defaming the country’s President. The arrest is the latest move in a campaign of judicial harassment against activists denouncing the looting of public money in Congo, sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth largest oil producer. | Nov. 8, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining African Minister buys multi-million dollar California mansion Teodoro Nguema Obiang, playboy son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich but dirt-poor enclave in West Africa, has bought a new $35 million dollar home in the USA, despite earning only US$5,000 a month as the country's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. | Oct. 16, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Time to go global The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a groundbreaking initiative that promotes public disclosure of revenue flows from the oil, gas and mining industries to governments in countries that depend on natural resources. Greater revenue transparency means that citizens can track revenues into national budgets, reducing the risk of corruption and promoting informed public debate about the best use of public money. | Aug. 11, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Ongoing intimidation of anti-corruption activists in Congo-Brazzaville The international Publish What You Pay Coalition (PWYP) condemns the judicial harassment of the foremost anti-corruption activists in Congo-Brazzaville, Brice Mackosso and Christian Mounzéo, as a politically-motivated attempt to silence calls for more responsible management of the country’s oil wealth. Congo is one of the poorest and most heavily indebted African countries, despite earning billions in oil revenues. | Aug. 3, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Equatorial Guinea New U.S. Envoy to Equatorial Guinea Must Hold Government Accountable for Corruption and Human Rights Abuses FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Lynn Fredriksson at 202/544-0200 Wednesday, August 2, 2006 or Corinna Gilfillan at 202/721-5634 or Sarah Wykes at +44/7703/108449 | July 25, 2006 Oil, Gas & Mining Ukraine New Ukrainian administration must answer key questions about Naftohaz Ukrainy and RosUkrEnergo The Ukrainian government needs to act in the public interest to answer numerous questions about the controversial RosUkrEnergo gas company and its relationship with state-owned Naftohaz Ukrainy, according to the campaign group Global Witness. | April 24, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Ukraine Strip secrecy from gas trade to Europe, says new Global Witness report A vital supply route for natural gas to the European Union is dominated by mysterious business interests who have made huge profits while keeping their identities mostly secret, according to a new report by Global Witness. ‘It’s a Gas. Funny Business in the Turkmen-Ukraine Gas Trade’ charts a trade linking the Central Asian dictatorship of Turkmenistan with Ukraine and Western Europe. The trade takes place against a backdrop of allegations about corruption and organised crime in the former Soviet Union, and European fears about access to safe and stable energy supplies. | April 10, 2006 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Top Transparency Campaigners arrested in Republic of Congo The international Publish What You Pay coalition is deeply concerned by the arrest in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) of two prominent campaigners against corruption and human rights abuses, Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso. The arrests follow a campaign of intimidation and threats against the two men, who have spoken out courageously against the misuse of oil revenues in their country. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10