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. 10, 2018 Governments European Union EU member states in race to the bottom to sell Golden Visas to the super-rich The doors of Europe are open to criminals and the corrupt, thanks to lax, opaque, and mismanaged ‘Golden Visa’ schemes, according to a report released today by Transparency International and Global Witness. Press release | Oct. 10, 2018 Forests Liberia Community forestry is being hijacked by global logging companies in Liberia, increasing risk of future conflict Our new report revealed how progressive community forestry in Liberia is being undermined Press release | Oct. 8, 2018 Responsible Minerals Global Witness statement for London Metal Exchange responsible sourcing seminar 2018 Global Witness welcomes the LME’s recognition of the need for responsible sourcing but warns that proposals outlined in its October 2018 Position Paper will be ineffective in their current form. Press release | Oct. 3, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering SFO moves to seize London properties allegedly linked to 'robber baron princess' - Global Witness response The Serious Fraud Office today announced it will begin action to recover three London properties, allegedly obtained using the proceeds of corrupt deals in Uzbekistan involving Gulnara Karimova and Rustam Madumarov. Press release | Sept. 28, 2018 Environmental Activists Brazil Honduras The Philippines Human Rights Defenders are a Cornerstone of Sustainable Development The UK’s development interventions support the realisation of human rights Press release | Sept. 26, 2018 Systematic Pursuit of NY Lawyer Steven Donziger Fails Basic Principles of Due Process - Global Witness to Monitor Global Witness wrote to the Attorney Grievance Committee of the New York Bar’s First Division, expressing serious concerns about the removal of New York attorney Steven Donziger’s law licence. Press release | Sept. 20, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Conviction of Nigerian oil deal middlemen spells trouble for Shell and Eni on eve of major trial Conviction in middlemen’s fast-tracked OPL 245 trial a poor omen for Shell and Eni’s defence just days before major bribery trial hears first prosecution witnesses. Press release | Sept. 10, 2018 Environmental Activists Honduras Global organisations call for justice as trial for murder of indigenous leader Berta Cáceres begins A call for real justice as the trial for Berta Cáceres begins Press release | Sept. 6, 2018 Land European Union EU finance proposals provide historic opportunity to stop investors bankrolling projects linked to human rights violations and environmental destruction Highlighting the role EU-based investors and their subsidiaries play in bankrolling companies causing social and environmental harm. Press release | Sept. 3, 2018 Myanmar Global Witness condemns sentencing of two Myanmar journalists The decision of a Myanmar court to sentence two Reuters’ journalists to seven years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act represents a pre-determined outcome to a sham trial, that is having a chilling impact on civil society and press freedom in the country Show Previous 10 Show Next 10