Press Releases
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US$150 million partnership between Norway and Liberia to stop logging The Government of Norway is partnering with the Government of Liberia to halt the destruction of Liberia’s rainforest23 September 2014
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$190m frozen in UK and Switzerland in OPL 245 bribery case as ENI CEO is named as suspect Global Witness, Re: Common and Dotun Oloko welcome the freezing of funds as part of the continuing investigation into the deal for the OPL 245 oil block in Nigeria11 September 2014
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New UK anti-corruption rules unveiled for oil and mining companies Firms must publish project-level reports for all countries with no exceptions21 August 2014
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Italian authorities raid ENI in fresh investigation into billion dollar Nigerian oil scandal Today it was reported that Italian financial police raided the headquarters of the oil company ENI, Italy’s largest company04 July 2014
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Shell’s Nigeria investments at risk from corruption scandal, investors warned Campaigners call on Shell to stop lobbying against new transparency laws19 May 2014
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FTSE 100 mining company ENRC must openly address Congo corruption concerns Mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) must publicly address concerns over risks associated with its rapid acquisition of mining assets in the DRC13 May 2014
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Sharp rise in environmental and land killings as pressure on planet’s resources increases – report Urgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root causes of environmental crisis14 April 2014
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TED Prize Winner Charmian Gooch Announces Global Campaign to Abolish Anonymous Companies Charmian Gooch has announced that she will use the prestigious million-dollar award “to make it impossible for criminals and corrupt dictators to hide behind anonymous companies.”17 March 2014
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Complaint accuses international timber company DLH of trading illegal timber and funding Liberian war NGOs today filed a legal complaint before the Senior Magistrate of the Regional Court of Montpellier against the French arm of Danish timber giant Dalhoff, Larsen and Horneman (DLH)12 March 2014
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Global Witness receives two prestigious awards: The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the TED Prize Global Witness receives two prestigious awards: The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the TED Prize04 March 2014
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Global Witness calls for investors to drop Vietnamese rubber giant HAGL over failure to reform on land grabs Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has failed to keep to commitments to address environmental and human rights abuses in its plantations in Cambodia and Laos13 November 2013
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Timber giant Dalhoff Larsen and Horneman caught importing more than $300,000 of illegal Liberian timber One of the world's leading international timber and wood product wholesalers, the company previously bought conflict timber10 October 2013
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SEC must take opportunity to re-issue a strong rule for the vital US transparency law under Dodd-Frank 1504 Global Witness joins Members of Congress and investors representing more than US$5.6 trillion in assets in calling on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to re-issue a strong rule under Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – a vital piece of bipartisan US transparency legislation03 September 2013
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Joint statement from Global Witness, Re:Common, The Corner House on matters arising from the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession Correspondence between Global Witness – Re:Common –The Corner House and Nigerian Government Officials23 July 2013
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Italian Parliament debates Government response to ENI's dealings in Nigeria Italy’s Parliament yesterday debated the Government’s response to questions put to it about Italian oil company ENI’s conduct in acquiring Nigerian oil block OPL245.14 June 2013