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 Press release | March 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Exxon complicit in oil sector corruption in Liberia A new Global Witness investigation has uncovered US oil giant Exxon’s complicity in oil sector corruption in Liberia, with the purchase of an oil block the company knew was tainted by corruption. Press release | March 28, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Global Witness statement on Royal Dutch Shell referring a former executive to the Dutch authorities Global Witness's statement on Shell finally admitting that one of their most senior executives may have taken kickbacks in return for an oil deal in Nigeria Press release | March 19, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Global Witness condemns illegal interference in Liberian transparency agency Global Witness strongly condemns the illegal removal of Konah Karmo, Head of Secretariat of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) Press release | March 12, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo New Democratic Republic of Congo mining law could leave the door open to corrupt deals Potential ad hoc application of the new mining law in Democratic Republic of Congo, plus weaknesses in its transparency and conflict of interest measures, may leave the country’s mining sector open to corrupt deals that could cost the country billions of dollars. Press release | March 8, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness Statement on news that BSG Resources has gone into administration Mining companies around the world should view this as a salutary reminder of the dangers of engaging in high-level bribery. Press release | March 6, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Responsible Minerals South Sudan South Sudan’s leadership uses state-owned oil company Nilepet to funnel millions into brutal security services and ethnic militias South Sudan’s state-owned oil company, the Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet), has fallen under the direct control of President Salva Kiir and his inner circle, and is being used to funnel millions in oil revenues to the country’s brutal security services and ethnic militias Press release | March 2, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Unprecedented corporate bribery trial begins against Shell, Eni, CEO and executives Unprecedented corporate bribery trial begins against Shell, Eni, CEO and executives Press release | Feb. 7, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness joins leading transparency organizations to demand the removal of ExxonMobil and Chevron from global anti-corruption program With other organisations, we urge the EITI to take action against ExxonMobil and Chevron over their persistent refusal to publish U.S. tax payments, a clear violation of the EITI Code of Conduct. Press release | Dec. 22, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Nigeria files billion-dollar claim against JP Morgan over Shell and Eni 2011 oil deal The Federal Republic of Nigeria has issued a billion-dollar lawsuit in the English High Court against JP Morgan, the bank which handled the transfer of $1.1 billion from Shell and Eni to the former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete’s company Malabu Oil and Gas. Press release | Dec. 20, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Judge orders biggest corporate bribery trial in history against Shell, Eni, CEO and executives Landmark trial sees senior Shell executives and CEO of Eni in the dock for billion dollar Nigerian oil deal Show Previous 10 Show Next 10