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| 20 de Febrero de 2013
- Forests
- D.R. Congo
- Peru
- Cambodia
Major breakthrough in fight to end illegal logging as Interpol arrests 200 across 12 countries

Global Witness welcomes Interpol’s announcement that it has arrested nearly 200 people and seized around US$8 million worth of illegal timber in a major international crackdown on illegal logging and timber trafficking in Central and South America. This is a significant breakthrough in efforts to control a deadly trade valued at up to US$100billion, which is destroying the forests the planet needs to survive and leaving the people who live in them stranded.
| 18 de Febrero de 2013
- D.R. Congo
Les actionnaires d’ENRC devraient rejeter un marché de 550 millions de dollars au Congo

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| 18 de Febrero de 2013
- Diamonds
- Zimbabwe
Global Witness welcomes EU decision to maintain sanctions against Zimbabwean diamond sector

Global Witness today welcomed news that EU foreign ministers have agreed to maintain restrictive measures against state-owned Zimbabwean diamond mining company, ZMDC, but warned that gaps in the sanctions list could mean Mugabe’s forces still receive off-budget revenues from diamond sales.
| 17 de Febrero de 2013
- Governments
Opaque structure of horsemeat company shows need for company reform

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| 12 de Febrero de 2013
- Diamonds
- Zimbabwe
EU warned on blood diamond love triangle

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| 12 de Febrero de 2013
Dutch Government drops support for dangerous loophole in European Transparency Law

Global Witness welcomes the Dutch government’s decision to reject the inclusion of a dangerous loophole in a new European transparency law. The law will force oil, mining and logging companies to publish the payments they make to governments for natural resources, wherever they operate in the world.
| 11 de Febrero de 2013
- Forests
- D.R. Congo
World Bank refuses to review support for logging in tropical rainforests despite criticism from its own independent evaluators

Washington, 11th February 2013: The World Bank Board of Directors has blocked a call by independent evaluators to review the outcomes of the Bank’s support for industrial-scale logging in tropical rainforests. The evaluators concluded in a report published last Friday that such operations have not been effective in reducing poverty, the World Bank’s core mandate, or achieving sustainability.
| 8 de Febrero de 2013
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Norway’s national oil company Statoil withholds support from US anti-transparency lawsuit

Norwegian state-owned oil company Statoil has formally distanced itself from a U.S. oil industry lawsuit that seeks to scrap a landmark transparency and anti-corruption law established in the United States.
| 7 de Febrero de 2013
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Nederlandse regering kan transparantiewetgeving afzwakken terwijl schandaal rond betaling van Shell toeneemt

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| 7 de Febrero de 2013
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Dutch government could undermine transparency laws while Shell’s payment scandal grows

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