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. 18, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering D.R. Congo Global Witness welcomes Canadian regulator ruling on Glencore-controlled company and executives The Glencore-controlled mining company Katanga Mining has today agreed to pay USD $22 million to settle allegations by Canadian regulators that it had failed to comply with disclosure requirements, including that it had not properly described risks of doing business with a controversial middleman in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Press release | Dec. 17, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Ruling on conviction of middlemen paid by Shell and Eni in OPL 245 deal - Global Witness response Today, Judge Giusy Barbara ruled on the conviction of two middlemen in the scandal-ridden OPL 245 oil field deal. Press release | Dec. 17, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Trump business deal in the Dominican Republic may be unconstitutional New Global Witness investigation uncovers how Donald Trump is pursuing what appears to be a new business deal in the Dominican Republic, exposing him to a potential violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. Press release | Dec. 17, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Malaysia files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB scandal - Global Witness response Naomi Hirst, Senior Anti-Corruption Campaigner at Global Witness, responds to announcement that Malaysian government have filed charges against employees at Goldman Sachs. Press release | Dec. 14, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Brazil Senior execs of top world oil traders implicated in bribery scandal Trafigura and Vitol, the commodity trading giants, find themselves deeply embroiled in Brazil’s Car Wash scandal. Press release | Dec. 12, 2018 Trump’s conflicts of interest exposed with allegations that US foreign policy is up for sale to autocratic leaders across the world Global Witness projects onto the Trump International Hotel allegations of how President Trump puts his business’s profits above the interests of the American people in his dealings with Saudi Arabia, Russia, China and The Philippines Press release | Dec. 11, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Home Office makes u-turn on plans to suspend 'Golden Visa' schemes - Global Witness response The Home Office's ludicrous u-turn on Golden Visa scheme suspension is keeping Britain’s doors open to the corrupt super-rich. Press release | Dec. 11, 2018 Responsible Minerals Myanmar Myanmar must end crackdown on Kachin civil society, warns Global Witness The Myanmar authorities must end its assault on peaceful protestors and immediately release three Kachin peace activists jailed for defaming the military last week and drop charges against another three charged with peacefully protesting the court conviction. Press release | Dec. 7, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Dismay as G7 anti-corruption watchdog gives UK highest ever rating despite the country laundering hundreds of billions of pounds each year FATF awarded the UK with flying colours despite the UK admitting that hundreds of billions of pounds in dirty cash are laundered through London each year. Press release | Dec. 6, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering UK 'golden visa' scheme to be suspended over corruption fears - Global Witness response Global Witness responds to the UK Government announcement on 'golden visa' reforms designed to combat organised crime and money laundering. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10