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 | Dec. 22, 2000 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola Arms and corruption with Angola: President Chirac and President dos Santos have a lot of explaining to do The growing political scandal in France since the arrest of President dos Santos’ weapons “facilitator” Pierre Falcone on December 2nd is but the tip of the iceberg of a gruesome tale of money laundering and state robbery at the expense of the long-suffering Angolan people. Far from being simply another French corruption scandal, the real story is wide reaching and involves international oil companies, off-shore financial centres, international banks, highest level French and Angolan officials and is ultimately about how the Angolan war has been privatised to the benefit of the elite. | Dec. 6, 2000 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola A Crude Awakening – One year on, business as usual! It is one year since the launch of Global Witness’ “A Crude Awakening” - which examined massive corruption in Angola and the role of the oil and banking industries in Angola’s civil war, and the plunder of state assets. It seems appropriate to take stock of recent events and progress during the year. | Nov. 22, 2000 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola Angola’s Oil & Gas Conference Misses the Boat on Corruption The list of keynote speakers and subjects for discussion at Angola’s second annual “Oil & Gas Investments in Angola” conference reads like a whose who for business as usual. “There are some potentially interesting topics for discussion, such as that of BP-Amoco: ‘Expectations of an International Oil Company in Angola’. This needs to include the issue of corruption and the need for corporate transparency about tax and royalty payments to governments”, said Simon Taylor of Global Witness. | Dec. 15, 1999 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola Angolan government cynically attempts to divert attention from Global Witness report. The Angolan government is deliberately misrepresenting Global Witness’ report ‘A Crude Awakening’. The report highlights the failings of the Angolan Government in its handling of oil revenues, and the lack of transparency by oil companies in Angola, which have contributed to war-torn Angola’s economic and social problems. The report recommends that the Angolan government implement a policy of full transparency over state revenues and their deployment and that oil companies form a broad coalition with the IMF, the World Bank and the International Community to implement this policy. | Dec. 5, 1999 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola A Crude Awakening- How Angolan state corruption and the lack of oil company and banking transparency has contributed to Angola’s humanitarian and development catastrophe Global Witness’ today launched a campaign to put pressure on multinational corporations for the way in which they operate in countries that are in or emerging from conflict. Focusing on Angola, the report: ‘A Crude Awakening-The Role of the Oil and Banking Industries in Angola’s Civil War and the Plunder of State Assets, details the full extent of how Angola’s long suffering population are being systematically abused in favour of corporate profits and personal gain. Show Previous 10