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Mission Report 023 IFM Nicaragua (Spanish only)
Report – 03/03/2009 – Spanish
A corrupt elite has captured the country's emerging oil and mineral sectors while Cambodia's international donors turn a blind eye.
Report – 05/02/2009 – Khmer
Illegal logging in the Río Plátano Biosphere
Report – 28/01/2009 – Spanish
StatoilHydro's Libyan corruption scandal shows need for oil industry disclosure laws
Report – 20/11/2008 – Portuguese
Assessment of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Extractive Industries Transparency Implementation
Report – 29/10/2008
LOUPE HOLES: Illicit Diamonds in the Kimberley Process
Report – 28/10/2008 – French
Second Summary Report IFM Nicaragua
Report – 07/01/2008 – Spanish
Report – 10/12/2007 – French
Mission report 015 IFM Nicaragua
Report – 22/11/2007 – Spanish
Mission Report 013 IFM Nicaragua
Report – 16/10/2007 – Spanish
Latest Publications
September 2010
Proposed law would cost cash-strapped Liberian Government millions
Logging companies in Liberia are trying to get out of paying millions of dollars in tax to the country’s cash-starved government through a dubious new law.
Global Witness stands by findings on Sudanese oil data
Global Witness today refuted claims that it had apologized for the findings of its September 2009 report, Fuelling Mistrust, on the lack of transparency in Sudan's oil sector. The organisation said that although very important commitments on improving transparency were made recently by the Government of National Unity (GoNU), the full disclosure of oil revenue data and the results of an independent audit remain necessary to prove the concerns were unfounded.
August 2010
Global Witness welcomes Norwegian government disinvestment from predatory loggers Samling
Global Witness welcomes the Norwegian Government Pension Fund's decision to disinvest from the notorious Malaysian timber giant Samling. Global Witness has previously exposed illegal logging by Samling in Cambodia as well as evidence of legal breaches by two Samling-associated companies in Liberia.
Global Witness welcomes new commitment to transparency in Sudan
Global Witness has participated in a landmark seminar on oil revenue transparency in Khartoum, organised by the Sudanese government and attended by foreign oil companies. We welcome the commitment to increase transparency, including an audit of the oil sector and publication of key production and revenue figures.
