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 17, 2018 Responsible Minerals Global Witness statement on OECD Alignment Assessment of Industry Programmes with the OECD Minerals Guidance Global Witness statement on the launch of the OECD's Alignment Assessment of Industry Programmes with the OECD Minerals Guidance. Press release | April 15, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Liberia Shamed mining magnate Andrew Groves told ‘blatant and utter lie’ in bribery scandal comeback bid A controversial entrepreneur claims Liberia has cleared him of bribery allegations and hopes his mining licences will be relisted in London. But the man who headed the team prosecuting him has slammed the claims as “a blatant and utter lie”. Press release | April 12, 2018 Environmental Activists Brazil Global organisations raise the alarm for environmental defenders at the Skoll World Forum Speakers come together in Oxford to discuss the growing crisis of attacks. Press release | April 11, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Global Witness condemns arrests at and closure of Liberia’s leading newspaper Closing Front Page Africa sends a chilling message to the Liberian press. Press release | April 3, 2018 US authorities must investigate Exxon for its purchase of a corruption-tainted oil block in Liberia Global Witness calls on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate US oil giant Exxon for its 2013 business deal in the West African country of Liberia, where the company spent $120 million on an oil block it knew was tainted by corruption. Press release | April 3, 2018 Environmental Activists Honduras Global Witness joins human rights organisations to call on Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox to stop UK exports of surveillance equipment to Honduras Our joint letter expressing our dismay about the UK Government’s sanctioning of sales of telecommunications interception equipment to Honduras, given the country’s human rights situation. Press release | April 2, 2018 Liberia must ensure fair and independent investigation into Exxon’s Block 13 deal Global Witness warns that conflicts of interest within Liberia's Ministry of Justice unit could undermine the Government's investigation into oil sector corruption. Press release | March 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Exxon purchase of Liberia’s corruption-tainted Block 13 likely enriched former Liberian officials A new Global Witness investigation shows Exxon’s 2013 purchase of Liberia’s Block 13 oil license likely enriched former government officials who may have illegally owned the block. Press release | March 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Exxon complicit in oil sector corruption in Liberia A new Global Witness investigation has uncovered US oil giant Exxon’s complicity in oil sector corruption in Liberia, with the purchase of an oil block the company knew was tainted by corruption. Press release | March 28, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Global Witness statement on Royal Dutch Shell referring a former executive to the Dutch authorities Global Witness's statement on Shell finally admitting that one of their most senior executives may have taken kickbacks in return for an oil deal in Nigeria Show Previous 10 Show Next 10