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 | Jan. 20, 2015 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Conflict gold sold on international markets despite sector clean up says new UN report 简体中文 Gold smuggled out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, some from rebel areas, has been sold on the international market through Uganda and the United Arab Emirates in the past year, according to a report published yesterday by the United Nations. | Dec. 21, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Guinea Information Commissioner throws out Beny Steinmetz complaint against Global Witness Diamond billionaire Beny Steinmetz has failed in a bid to force Global Witness to hand over source material gathered in a corruption investigation after the UK’s data watchdog upheld statutory protections for public-interest journalism. | Dec. 18, 2014 Corruption & Money Laundering First ever UK anti-corruption plan a big step forward, but blind-spots remain The launch of the first ever cross-Whitehall strategy for tackling corruption is a major milestone in the UK’s efforts to combat corruption at home and abroad, said a coalition of leading non-governmental organisations today. | Dec. 17, 2014 Corruption & Money Laundering EU cracks down on anonymous company ownership, but falls short of full transparency Late yesterday evening, the EU agreed to new rules to tackle corporate secrecy, in a move broadly welcomed by Global Witness. EU countries will create national registers of the people who really own and control companies, which will make it much easier for law enforcement to track organised crime and money laundering. | Dec. 1, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining UK passes tough new transparency law for oil, gas and mining companies Big Oil must call off its assault on transparency, says Global Witness Click here to read our blog post on this subject | Nov. 26, 2014 Forests Land Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Where has Liberia's illegal timber gone since August 2012? | Nov. 3, 2014 Forests D.R. Congo David Attenborough joins campaign to protect Africa’s oldest national park from oil interests Filmmaker joins Tutu and Branson in speaking out as DiCaprio-backed film launches Press release | Oct. 23, 2014 Responsible Minerals China New Chinese Guidelines offer mineral companies chance to reduce conflict, corruption risks and show value to host communities Global Witness report says supply chain checks essential to stop conflict funding | Oct. 16, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Azerbaijan Azerbaijan must reverse civil society crackdowns to remain within landmark transparency scheme The international board meeting of the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) confirmed today that Azerbaijan was in breach of its requirements, by preventing civil society stakeholders from meeting, organising, accessing funds and speaking freely. | Oct. 13, 2014 Governments Global Witness welcomes appointment of anti-corruption champion Matthew Hancock Global Witness welcomes the appointment of Matthew Hancock MP as the government’s new Anti-corruption Champion. “It’s great news that the UK’s fight against global corruption has its own champion - it’s badly needed. Matthew Hancock’s to-do list is going to be a long one,” said Global Witness Executive Director Gavin Hayman. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10