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 | Oct. 5, 2020 Global Witness welcomes calls by major businesses for stronger UK legislation on global deforestation Global Witness welcomes today’s open letter by major businesses including McDonalds, Unilever, Marks & Spencer , Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Lidl, Nando's and Nestle, calling for tougher new rules to tackle deforestation in UK supply chains. Press release | Sept. 30, 2020 Huge win for anti-corruption campaigners as BVI pledges company ownership transparency The British Virgin Islands has committed to make information on the people who own and control companies in the tax haven public by 2023, a major step forward in the fight against the UK’s tax havens being used in global money laundering Press release | Sept. 23, 2020 US real estate key vehicle for money laundering, and as the ‘FinCEN files’ reveal, anonymous companies are at the heart of it Without swift reform, America will continue to hurdle towards a housing crisis, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns and layoffs. Press release | Sept. 21, 2020 Statement on Changes to the Global Witness Board Mark Stephens has resigned as Chair of the Global Witness Board after almost five years at the helm. Mark Hannam, who joined the Board more recently, has also made the decision to step down Press release | Sept. 21, 2020 Global Witness response to the ‘FinCEN files’ leaks The FinCEN leaks show how the world’s biggest banks have been moving billions of dollars of dirty cash Press release | Sept. 16, 2020 Fossil Gas has no place in the EU’s Just Transition Fund The EU’s Just Transition Fund is specifically designed to support countries to move to zero carbon economies. Allowing fossil gas projects to receive this public money completely undermines that goal Press release | Sept. 10, 2020 Statement on Global Witness’s work in Guyana Mike Davis, CEO of Global Witness, has made the following statement on Global Witness’s work in Guyana Press release | Aug. 15, 2020 Isle of Man tax regime allows super-rich to avoid up to £1 billion in VAT on private jets The global super-rich have avoided paying up to £1 billion in VAT on the purchase of private jets by using advantages including financial secrecy in the Isle of Man Press release | Aug. 11, 2020 Global Witness demands an urgent investigation into the disappearances of members of the Garífunas community in Honduras Numerous witnesses have confirmed that these members of the indigenous community of Triunfo de la Cruz were seized from their homes on 18 July Press release | Aug. 6, 2020 Mega deal between Gécamines and Chinese state-owned company CNMC for one of DRC’s flagship copper mines could be leaving the country short-changed An $800 million deal for one of Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) flagship copper mines risks leaving the country short-changed, Global Witness reveals Show Previous 10 Show Next 10