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 15, 2017 Environmental Activists Honduras Honduran government must counter smear campaign against land and environmental defenders and protect those under threat Global Witness is calling on the Honduran state to crack down on an online smear campaign against groups working to protect land and environmental defenders in Honduras Press release | March 9, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Major step forward in anti-corruption fight as global transparency standard ramps up reporting requirements for oil, gas and mining companies Today the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global scheme that aims to stop corruption in the oil, gas and mining industries, agreed to roll out a game-changing measure across all 51 countries that follow its rules. Press release | March 3, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Landmark prosecution as Nigerian authorities charge Shell and Eni over shady $1.1 billion OPL 245 deal Oil giants Shell and Eni face historic charges over a tainted $1.1 billion deal – in a move that shows Nigeria’s intention to fight corruption by holding the powerful to account. Press release | March 3, 2017 Environmental Activists Honduras 7 more activists killed in year since Berta Caceres’ murder as Honduran government ramps up crackdown As we mark the one-year anniversary of Berta Cáceres’ murder, the situation is dire for those she worked alongside as the Honduran government ramps up crackdown. Press release | March 3, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Glencore redirected over $75 million in mining payments to scandal-hit friend of Congolese President, Global Witness reveals Between 2013 and 2016 mining giant Glencore paid over $75m to Dan Gertler, a controversial businessman accused of bribing senior officials in Democratic Republic of Congo to advance his mining interests. Press release | Feb. 28, 2017 Anonymous Companies Corruption & Money Laundering European Parliament backs strong proposals to tackle anonymous companies and trusts Global Witness response to the European Parliament vote to reveal the true beneficial owners of anonymous companies and secretive trusts across and beyond the EU. Press release | Feb. 16, 2017 A new partnership to end the devastating illegal trade in blood timber Global Witness has entered into a new partnership with Arcadia Fund which aims to prevent the destruction of tropical forests Press release | Feb. 9, 2017 Forests D.R. Congo US consumers buying millions of dollars-worth of luxury timber linked to Hezbollah financiers, Global Witness reveals Companies dealing with DRC logging giant Cotrefor risk prosecution for breaking sanctions Press release | Feb. 9, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Italian prosecutors prove nobody above the law as they request trial of Shell, Eni, senior executives and former Nigerian official for international corruption over OPL 245 deal Sources close to Italian law enforcement today confirmed that they have requested that Shell, Eni and several Eni senior executives including the current CEO Claudio Descalzi, be sent to trial for alleged international corruption offences Press release | Feb. 8, 2017 D.R. Congo An executive order suspending the US conflict minerals law would be a ‘gift to warlords and corrupt businesses’, says Global Witness We respond to reports that President Trump is planning to issue an executive order targeting the US conflict minerals provision (also known as Section 1502 of Dodd-Frank). Show Previous 10 Show Next 10