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Myanmar is closely identified with natural resources such as jade, rubies and teak. But so far its people have not benefited from new trade. Learn more now.
As Myanmar gears up for national peace talks, our new film reveals how the jade riches of Kachin State are helping to incentivise and fuel deadly armed conflict.
The global minerals trade has funded abuses and armed conflict for decades. Minerals that have bankrolled social and environmental harms still end up in our mobile phones, laptops and cars. Businesses must act responsibly by checking their supply chains.
A photographic journey into Myanmar’s famed jade mines and the links to the military and ethnic armed conflict which has engulfed the country for decades.
How Southeast Asia’s biggest drug lord used shell companies to become a jade kingpin
The recent deadly landslide should be seen not as an unfortunate accident but as a predictable and preventable calamity that should shame the government into action.
Myanmar’s exports of the jade mined in northern Kachin State are estimated to be worth US$6-9 billion per year. But the government’s tax take is paltry
Delivering peace in Myanmar won’t be possible unless those at the table tackle the role of natural resources, particularly jade, in fuelling conflict
Global Witness Annual Report 2016
Erik Prince's private security firm, backed by China’s state-owned Citic Group, is setting up shop in Myanmar, with local partners linked to the country's corrupt multi-billion dollar jade trade.
As Myanmar wraps up its latest round of national peace talks in Naypyidaw, China has once again played an instrumental role behind the scenes.
We revisit the Good, the Bad and the Ugly moments of 2017 from revealing Shell's involvement in a massive bribery scheme to highlighting the Trump administration's attacks on anti-corruption measures
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