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 | Dec. 15, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria We Condemn the Attempted Assassination of Nigeria’s EFCC Acting Chair Magu We the undersigned condemn the cowardly armed attack and apparent assassination attempt against Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chair of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Press release | Dec. 13, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Majority of Republicans on House Committee Vote to Overturn Landmark Cardin-Lugar Anti-Corruption Provision Vote by the majority of Republicans on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to overturn a bipartisan transparency law is a major setback for combating corruption and a gift to big oil companies. Press release | Nov. 30, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Global Witness calls for Glencore’s business partner to explain mining discount in Democratic Republic of Congo New analysis by the non-profit Resource Matters, published yesterday, shows in watertight detail how a company part-owned by commodities giant Glencore, mining magnate Dan Gertler and other investors received a $440 million discount on a payment to Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned mining company. This came following negotiations by Gertler, a controversial friend of Congo’s President Kabila. Gertler has been linked to numerous mining bribery scandals. Press release | Nov. 2, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness Opposes U.S. Withdrawal from Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative The withdrawal follows a trend by the Trump administration to dismantle programs promoting transparency, accountability and environmental protection. Press release | Oct. 15, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Shell executives charged in lead up to landmark trial over billion dollar Nigerian bribery scheme Senior Royal Dutch Shell executives have been charged in Italy for their role in a vast bribery scheme that deprived the Nigerian people of over a billion dollars, the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed. Press release | Oct. 6, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Responsible Minerals US Treasury Department recommends gutting key transparency measures The Trump administration’s attempt to gut Sections 1502 and 1504 of Dodd-Frank is nothing more than an ideological assault on critical regulations aimed at preventing corruption and the financing of conflict around the world. Press release | Sept. 29, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Joint statement: Civil Society Network withdraws from UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) The decision to give special status to one civil society organisation over its peers goes against the EITI’s founding principles. We withdraw from the process with immediate effect. Press release | Sept. 29, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining UK government fails credibility test in anti-corruption fight as NGOs walk out of landmark scheme The UK’s hard-earned reputation as a leader in the global fight to end corruption was in tatters after NGOs today walked out of a landmark scheme to ensure transparency in the extractive sector, Press release | April 10, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Nigeria New Global Witness bribery scheme revelations force Shell to admit it knew payments would go to convicted money launderer Yesterday Global Witness and Finance Uncovered exposed leaked emails that revealed Shell knowingly participated in a vast bribery scheme for one of Africa’s most valuable oil blocks, which deprived Nigeria and its people of $1.1billion. For six years, Shell has consistently denied any wrong-doing, saying it only paid the Nigerian government. Today, Shell shifted its position. Press release | April 10, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria New leaked emails put Shell at centre of billion dollar bribery scheme involving some of the most powerful officials in Nigeria Shell’s most senior executives were told payments for massive oil block would go to a convicted money-launderer, and then likely flow to then President Goodluck Jonathan and others, but still went through with the deal Show Previous 10 Show Next 10