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 | March 22, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Brazil Global Witness reveals Brazil's Car Wash corruption scandal may have cost the country eight times more than the £1.4 billion stolen As Netflix launches a major new drama based on the Car Wash scandal in Brazil, we reveal the cost to the country may be eight times higher than the eye-watering sums actually stolen Press release | March 19, 2018 Land Banks Global Witness calls for EU action to better regulate palm oil, coffee and beef Global Witness welcomes a new study published on Friday evening by the European Commission setting out options for the EU to step up action against deforestation Press release | March 19, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Global Witness condemns illegal interference in Liberian transparency agency Global Witness strongly condemns the illegal removal of Konah Karmo, Head of Secretariat of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) Press release | March 15, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Anonymous Companies Global Witness Statement on news that Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca is to close Following news that Mossack Fonseca is due to close, Global Witness highlights the need to remove the mechanisms it used which remain in place. Press release | March 14, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Global Witness response to the Prime Minister's statement on the Salisbury Attack The Prime Minister will lose all credibility unless she puts an immediate end to the dirty money flowing through our banks and into our property market. Press release | March 12, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo New Democratic Republic of Congo mining law could leave the door open to corrupt deals Potential ad hoc application of the new mining law in Democratic Republic of Congo, plus weaknesses in its transparency and conflict of interest measures, may leave the country’s mining sector open to corrupt deals that could cost the country billions of dollars. Press release | March 12, 2018 Banks Corruption & Money Laundering Anonymous Companies Malaysia UK banking authority urged to act over $4.5 billion ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ corruption scandal Global Witness and leading anti-corruption MP Margaret Hodge have today called on the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to take action over the role of RBS and Standard Chartered in handling more than US$2 billion of embezzled funds in 1MDB corruption scandal. Press release | March 12, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Anonymous Companies Malaysia US Treasury urged to close glaring lawyer loophole used in $4.5 billion ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ corruption scandal Global Witness have today called on the US Treasury Department to take action to close the loophole in US anti-money laundering rules that is alleged to have allowed more than US $500 million of money from the 1MDB corruption scandal into the US. Press release | March 8, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness Statement on news that BSG Resources has gone into administration Mining companies around the world should view this as a salutary reminder of the dangers of engaging in high-level bribery. Press release | March 8, 2018 Land Banks European Union New EU sustainable finance initiative – strong on rhetoric, weak on regulation The eye-catching rhetoric of the European Commission’s Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth must be matched by a robust reality of regulation’ to fully tackle the environmental and social harm caused by the financial sector. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10