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 | Jan. 25, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Trump and Republicans use First Days in Power to try to Roll Back Historic Measures to Clean up the Corrupt Oil Sector and Green Light Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines The past 24 hours have seen an unprecedented number of gifts to Exxon and the oil industry, said Global Witness today. Press release | Jan. 23, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Equatorial Guinea Nigeria Angola Kazakhstan Global Witness disagrees with U.S. Senate committee vote on Rex Tillerson and questions his ability to put interests of people and planet before those of oil, gas and mining industry Global Witness Statement on Committee Vote for Tillerson as Sec. of State Press release | Dec. 22, 2016 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Nigeria Nigerian authorities bring money laundering charges against former Nigerian Oil minister Etete and former Justice Minister Adoke over OPL 245 oil deal The former Nigerian Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke and former Minister of Petroleum, Dan Etete have been charged with money laundering in a case that centres on the 2011 sale of the Nigerian oil license OPL 245 Press release | Dec. 19, 2016 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Anonymous Companies Guinea Israeli police arrest Beny Steinmetz over massive Guinea bribery case Beny Steinmetz's arrest is the latest development in scandal over Guinea's iron ore riches Press release | Dec. 13, 2016 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness opposes Nomination of Exxon CEO as US Secretary of State US President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State would pose a grave threat to both US and global security and should be rejected by the Senate Press release | Nov. 28, 2016 Oil, Gas & Mining Anonymous Companies Liberia Liberia passes historic oil law requiring companies to publish names of their owners Global Witness welcomes Liberia’s new Petroleum Law, marks a significant step towards the transparent management of the country’s oil sector, but warns that new regulations are also necessary to ensure that it is effective. Press release | Nov. 15, 2016 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Congo signs over potential $880m of royalties in Glencore project to offshore company belonging to friend of Congolese President DRC’s state mining company signed over a potential $880m in royalties from Glencore project to an offshore company owned by the president’s friend, Dan Gertler. Press release | Oct. 26, 2016 Oil, Gas & Mining Azerbaijan Global Witness statement on Azerbaijan's crackdown on civil society Global Witness calls for tough action from EITI in face of repression of activists Press release | Oct. 5, 2016 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Anonymous Companies Afghanistan Brussels conference on Afghanistan: a commitment on extractives, but little on corruption Brussels Conference on Afghanistan: a commitment on extractives, but little on corruption Press release | Sept. 29, 2016 Banks Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Hedge fund to pay $413m for bribery case in major step forward in corruption fight – Global Witness response Hedge fund to pay $413m for bribery case in major step forward in corruption fight – Global Witness response Show Previous 10 Show Next 10