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 | May 8, 2017 Responsible Minerals Myanmar Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s promise of peace in Myanmar under scrutiny as she receives Freedom of London award As Myanmar’s de-facto leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives the Freedom of the City of London, Global Witness is calling for her and her international partners to directly tackle the way in which predatory natural resource extraction is fuelling Myanmar’s worsening armed conflicts. Press release | May 5, 2017 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Rights groups refuse participation in unwarranted State Department conflict minerals consultation Rights groups refuse participation in unwarranted State Department consultation Press release | April 21, 2017 Forests Liberia Dutch court makes legal history by sentencing timber baron Guus Kouwenhoven to 19 years for war crimes and arms smuggling during Liberian civil war The conviction of Guus Kouwenhoven by the Dutch Appeal Court is an historic victory for the Liberian people. Press release | April 11, 2017 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Reprehensible SEC decision on conflict minerals rule undermines global efforts to source minerals responsibly Reprehensible SEC decision undermines global efforts to source minerals responsibly Press release | April 10, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering Nigeria New Global Witness bribery scheme revelations force Shell to admit it knew payments would go to convicted money launderer Yesterday Global Witness and Finance Uncovered exposed leaked emails that revealed Shell knowingly participated in a vast bribery scheme for one of Africa’s most valuable oil blocks, which deprived Nigeria and its people of $1.1billion. For six years, Shell has consistently denied any wrong-doing, saying it only paid the Nigerian government. Today, Shell shifted its position. Press release | April 10, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria New leaked emails put Shell at centre of billion dollar bribery scheme involving some of the most powerful officials in Nigeria Shell’s most senior executives were told payments for massive oil block would go to a convicted money-launderer, and then likely flow to then President Goodluck Jonathan and others, but still went through with the deal Press release | April 5, 2017 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Action to de-rail US conflict minerals rule “gift to predatory armed groups”, warns Global Witness We are very concerned about possible action by the Trump Administration and Congress to weaken or repeal the conflict minerals provision (Section 1502) of the Dodd-Frank Act. Press release | March 29, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Afghanistan New mining minister will face test of government credibility on reforms and revenue, says civil society After a year without a Minister of Mines and Petroleum in Afghanistan, we welcome the appointment of Nargis Nehan - but she faces a backlog of urgent reforms which would be a key test of the government’s credibility. Press release | March 21, 2017 Banks Anonymous Companies Call for urgent inquiry into UK money-laundering 'failures' over Global Laundromat scandal We're calling for a full inquiry into the failures of the UK anti-money laundering rules that apparently allowed major UK banks including HSBC, RBS, Lloyds, Barclays and Coutts to handle over $700 million of laundered Russian money. Press release | March 20, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining U.S. Administration Sounds Death Knell for Transparency Initiative The Department of the Interior has halted U.S. efforts to seek validation by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global anti-corruption effort to bring openness and accountability to the oil, gas and mining sectors. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10