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, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Afghanistan New mining minister will face test of government credibility on reforms and revenue, says civil society After a year without a Minister of Mines and Petroleum in Afghanistan, we welcome the appointment of Nargis Nehan - but she faces a backlog of urgent reforms which would be a key test of the government’s credibility. Press release | March 20, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining U.S. Administration Sounds Death Knell for Transparency Initiative The Department of the Interior has halted U.S. efforts to seek validation by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global anti-corruption effort to bring openness and accountability to the oil, gas and mining sectors. Press release | March 9, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Major step forward in anti-corruption fight as global transparency standard ramps up reporting requirements for oil, gas and mining companies Today the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global scheme that aims to stop corruption in the oil, gas and mining industries, agreed to roll out a game-changing measure across all 51 countries that follow its rules. Press release | March 3, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Landmark prosecution as Nigerian authorities charge Shell and Eni over shady $1.1 billion OPL 245 deal Oil giants Shell and Eni face historic charges over a tainted $1.1 billion deal – in a move that shows Nigeria’s intention to fight corruption by holding the powerful to account. Press release | March 3, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Glencore redirected over $75 million in mining payments to scandal-hit friend of Congolese President, Global Witness reveals Between 2013 and 2016 mining giant Glencore paid over $75m to Dan Gertler, a controversial businessman accused of bribing senior officials in Democratic Republic of Congo to advance his mining interests. Press release | Feb. 9, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Italian prosecutors prove nobody above the law as they request trial of Shell, Eni, senior executives and former Nigerian official for international corruption over OPL 245 deal Sources close to Italian law enforcement today confirmed that they have requested that Shell, Eni and several Eni senior executives including the current CEO Claudio Descalzi, be sent to trial for alleged international corruption offences Press release | Feb. 3, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining U.S. Congress votes for corruption by overturning historic transparency law in gift to big oil Today’s decision by the Republican-led U.S. Senate to overturn a rule designed to stop oil companies striking corrupt deals with foreign governments is a grave threat to U.S. national security and an astonishing gift to big oil. Press release | Feb. 2, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Republican vote to eliminate anti-corruption law puts U.S. national security at risk A vote by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to undo a rule designed to stop corruption in the oil industry poses a grave threat to U.S. national security. Press release | Jan. 30, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Republican attack on landmark anti-corruption law poses grave threat to U.S. national security Moves by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to undo a landmark law designed to stop corruption in the oil industry pose a grave threat to U.S. national security Press release | Jan. 26, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Nigeria Nigerian authorities seize billion dollar oil block from Shell and ENI following corruption probe, showing why US transparency law must be protected Court order mandates the return of oil block OPL245, for which Shell and Eni paid $1.1 billion to a company secretly owned by a former Nigerian oil minister. This news shows exactly why a landmark transparency rule under threat in the US is so important. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10