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| May 1, 2003
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Transparency International challenges multinational oil companies planning to operate in Iraq to ‘publish what you pay’

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A GLOBAL WITNESS PRESS RELEASE AND ANY ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO JEFF LOVITT AT TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL Media Contact: Jeff Lovitt Tel: +49-30-3438 2045 Fax: +49-30-3470 3912 [email protected] Post-war reconstruction in Iraq must be based on clear lines of accountability and financial transparency, says Transparency International
| March 17, 2003
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Elf trial throws spotlight on oil and corruption

Today, a High Court in Paris put thirty-seven former officials of government-owned oil company Elf Aquitaine on trial for embezzling millions of francs of company assets in a web of secret deals across the world between 1989 and 1993. The trial is the culmination of eight years of investigations into influence-peddling and profiteering by political and business elites across Europe, Central America and Africa.
| Feb. 26, 2003
Is Angola’s price for Security Council support over Iraq a licence to continue state looting?

UK Foreign Office Minister Baroness Amos’ current visit to Guinea, Angola and Cameroon, which takes place hot on the heels of last week’s visit by US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner, seems geared to persuading the undecided to back a second UN Resolution on Iraq. Leaving aside arguments about Iraq, Global Witness is greatly concerned about what price Angola expects to extract for its support, and what has been, or is likely to be given in exchange for support at the UN?
| Jan. 20, 2003
Does US Bank Harbour Equatorial Guinea’s Oil Millions In Secret Accounts? US Department of Justice must investigate.

Information published in today’s LA Times(1) indicates that a massive US$300-500 million of Equatorial Guinea’s(2) oil revenues may have been placed in a provincial Washington DC bank, under the control of President-for-life Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
| Dec. 10, 2002
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
New cabinet, same old oil sleaze?

Does Angola’s recent government reshuffle, especially the appointment of a new finance minister, offer the promise that the Government will finally place its oil income into the public domain?
| Sept. 2, 2002
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Blair Call For Oil And Mining Transparency Is Welcome But Regulation Needed

Today British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce an international initiative aimed at preventing mismanagement of revenues paid to developing countries by oil, gas and mining companies. The initiative to build global support for greater transparency in the extractive industry’s dealings with governments in the developing world calls for full disclosure of all payments to governments and national authorities.
| June 13, 2002
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Publish what you pay

Press release George Soros and NGOs call for rules to require corporations to disclose payments
| April 18, 2002
Angola’s denials do not stand up

The ceasefire, after so many decades of war, is a very positive development that has the real and increasing possibility of being a lasting peace.
| April 4, 2002
Angolan Peace Accord Offers Chance to Break Cycle of Natural Resources Funding Conflict

Africa’s longest running civil war may be coming to an end. A chance for a lasting peace in Angola now exists with the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the Angolan Government and UNITA rebels on 4th April. Angola’s oil and diamond wealth must now be transparently and accountably managed to reconstruct the country and to remove the vested economic interests in maintaining the conflict to loot Angola’s natural resources.
| March 25, 2002
New Report Targets Embezzlement of Billions of Angola’s Petrodollars to Bring Chance for Lasting Peace

The possibility for a lasting peace dawns in Angola after the death of sociopathic UNITA boss Jonas Savimbi. Meanwhile, senior representatives of the UN Security Council meet today under an initiative of Norway’s chairmanship to discuss how to tackle the economic agendas underpinning conflicts like the Angolan civil war.

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