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 | April 28, 2020 ‘Material risks growing’ for businesses failing to engage with human rights defenders New investor due diligence briefing from Global Witness and BHRRC outlines material risks and actions for investor to take as human rights defenders face increasing threats. Press release | April 23, 2020 New gold refinery in DRC links a senior employee of Erik Prince’s security firm to a close associate of ex-President Joseph Kabila and a reported gold smuggler, Global Witness reveals A new gold refinery in DRC links a senior employee of Erik Prince’s security firm to a close associate of ex-President Joseph Kabila, and a reported gold smuggler Press release | April 21, 2020 Alarm raised over re-appointment of accused in corruption trial as Eni CEO Mr Descalzi is set to maintain the leadership role despite an ongoing criminal trial over corruption allegations surrounding the billion dollar 2011 acquisition by Shell and Eni of Nigeria’s OPL 245 oil license. Press release | April 10, 2020 EU response to Coronavirus must not lock countries into a fossil fuel economy Global Witness warmly welcomes the public statement from Climate Ministers from 10 EU countries that we need to “withstand the temptations of short-term solutions in response to the present [Coronavirus] crisis that risk locking the EU in a fossil fuel economy for decades to come.” Press release | April 9, 2020 Coronavirus response packages from US Congress must include anti-corruption measures We are calling on Congress to include integral anti-corruption legislation in any future coronavirus response packages to prevent corrupt actors from exploiting essential relief efforts during this global pandemic. Press release | April 8, 2020 IMF: Make COVID-19 Funds Transparent, Accountable Preventing corruption is key to helping the hardest hit Press release | March 27, 2020 Europe’s efforts to lock out the corrupt falling short Lots of talk but little action from EU and Member States on Golden Passports and Visas Press release | March 20, 2020 Only a handful of EU countries meet key money laundering deadline New Global Witness analysis finds EU must speed up AML reforms Press release | March 16, 2020 Global Witness calls for end to judicial harassment of prize winning Cambodian activist Ouch Leng and environmental defenders protecting Cambodia’s climate-critical Prey Lang Forest Global Witness welcomes the release from Police custody today of Goldman Prize winning forest protection activist Ouch Leng and three other environmental defenders and calls on the Cambodian authorities to drop all investigations into their activities Press release | March 11, 2020 New bank levy must be used effectively in fight against dirty money The money raised must be used to bring the real owners of UK properties, companies and trusts into the light Show Previous 10 Show Next 10