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09.05.2013 | Global Witness welcomes Kofi Annan’s call for financial transparency in African resource deals
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Brendan O'Donnell, Head of Oil Campaign, Global Witness speak to VOA
Global Witness welcome today’s European Parliamentary committee vote requiring that EU oil, gas, mining and timber companies publish... read more
07.09.2012 | Global Witness analysis points to serious flaws in Uganda’s draft oil laws despite MPs recommendations
Petroleum wealth has the potential to help raise millions out of poverty, but it also runs the risk of plunging Uganda towards the resource curse. A robust legislative framework which provides transparency and... read more
23.08.2012 | Heritage Oil arbitration case in London deprives Ugandan citizens of right to information
PRESS RELEASE – EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 GMT+1 TUESDAY 28.08.12
A closed-door London arbitration tribunal between Heritage Oil and the Government of Uganda denies Ugandans the right to information about the management of... read more
Angola | Company Due Diligence | Conflict Minerals | Democratic Republic of Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Laws and Frameworks | Libya | Publish What You Pay | Republic of Congo | Oil Gas and Mining | Conflict | Corruption
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Global Witness initial response to SEC vote on Dodd Frank rules
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Global Witness welcomes the long-overdue vote on... read more
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A recent decree from Afghanistan’s President Karzai represents a major step forward in turning the government’s commitments to a transparent mining and petroleum sector into a reality. The ball is now in the... read more
Explanations made by Shell and ENI about payments made for a controversial oil deal in Nigeria are no longer sufficient and they must immediately come clean with more information about the deal, said Global Witness... read more
18.05.2012 | Caixin: Big Oil on Edge as U.S. Requires Disclosure
An intense lobbying campaign is under way as U.S. authorities prepare to implement what are supposed to be investor-friendly laws designed to clarify the global operations of listed oil companies. Zhang Tao and Wang... read more
Revelations in the Financial Times on 16th April have underlined concerns, first raised by Global Witness two years ago, that senior officials in Angola have attempted to make private profits from the impoverished... read more
Revelations in the Financial Times on 16th April have underlined concerns, first raised by Global Witness two years ago, that senior officials in Angola have attempted to make private profits from the impoverished... read more
19.03.2012 | Congo’s legislators should enact sweeping reforms to the country’s natural resources sector
Conflict Minerals | Democratic Republic of Congo | Laws and Frameworks | Oil Gas and Mining | Industrial Forest Use
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The recently-elected parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the new government, should make wide-ranging changes to how mineral, oil and forest resources are managed, said Global Witness in... read more
02.03.2012 | Uganda's oil laws: Global Witness Analysis
As Uganda’s draft oil laws are presented to Parliament, a Global Witness analysis of the legislation highlights the need for greater environmental, social and transparency provisions.
Uganda has recently discovered oil... read more
21.02.2012 | BP makes opaque payments for Angola oil block as petro-lobby seeks weak transparency rules
Read the full BP Angola briefing
Read BP's Letter to Gavin Hayman, Campaigns Director at Global Witness
As oil industry lobbyists attempt to water down watershed transparency legislation in the United States and the... read more
Proposals to Amend Foreign Bribery Law Could Significantly Undermine Human Rights, Commerce, U.S. Standing in the World
WASHINGTON, DC – More than 30 civil society and business groups, including human rights and... read more
22.12.2011 | Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
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Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
Donors Should Insist on Protections for Civil Society
(Bangkok, December 22, 2011) – Donors, who provide approximately half of Cambodia’s national... read more
09.05.2013 | Global Witness welcomes Kofi Annan’s call for financial transparency in African resource deals
Campaign group Global Witness has backed a call by prominent figures including Kofi Annan, Bob Geldof and Graca Machel for Africa’s natural resource wealth to be used for the benefit of its people. This year’s report... read more
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Brendan O'Donnell, Head of Oil Campaign, Global Witness speak to VOA
Global Witness welcome today’s European Parliamentary committee vote requiring that EU oil, gas, mining and timber companies publish... read more
Explanations made by Shell and ENI about payments made for a controversial oil deal in Nigeria are no longer sufficient and they must immediately come clean with more information about the deal, said Global Witness... read more
Revelations in the Financial Times on 16th April have underlined concerns, first raised by Global Witness two years ago, that senior officials in Angola have attempted to make private profits from the impoverished... read more
Revelations in the Financial Times on 16th April have underlined concerns, first raised by Global Witness two years ago, that senior officials in Angola have attempted to make private profits from the impoverished... read more
19.03.2012 | Congo’s legislators should enact sweeping reforms to the country’s natural resources sector
Conflict Minerals | Democratic Republic of Congo | Laws and Frameworks | Oil Gas and Mining | Industrial Forest Use
Lire en français
The recently-elected parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the new government, should make wide-ranging changes to how mineral, oil and forest resources are managed, said Global Witness in... read more
Proposals to Amend Foreign Bribery Law Could Significantly Undermine Human Rights, Commerce, U.S. Standing in the World
WASHINGTON, DC – More than 30 civil society and business groups, including human rights and... read more
22.12.2011 | Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
For immediate release
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
Donors Should Insist on Protections for Civil Society
(Bangkok, December 22, 2011) – Donors, who provide approximately half of Cambodia’s national... read more
12.12.2011 | Global Witness welcomes landmark commitment to good management of Afghan mineral wealth
Afghanistan and its donors have taken an important step in making sure the country’s vast potential mineral wealth translates into development by recognising the importance of transparency and accountability in the... read more
20.09.2011 | Global Witness welcomes landmark U.S. effort to curb corruption and promote transparency
The United States’ dual pledge to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and to support legislation that would stop U.S. states from allowing secretive front companies to be set up represents... read more
12.07.2011 | Global Witness calls on Congress to pass Tax Havens Bill to curb money laundering and tax dodging
Global Witness welcomes today’s introduction of legislation that would help combat offshore secrecy, tax evasion and corruption, and urges its swift passage into law. The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, introduced by Senator... read more
Global Witness welcomes today’s recognition by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that the majority of Britain’s banks are failing to do enough to identify corrupt money from abroad and that it is ‘likely that some... read more
The G8 has today announced its commitment to introduce new transparency laws that would require oil, gas and mining companies to disclose the payments they make to governments. Such measures would help eradicate the... read more
Update: Global Witness publishes the Libyan Investment Authority financial position as of September 2010
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FTSE 100 mining firm Kazakhmys plc is still refusing to provide full information as to the identity of its beneficial owners, nearly one year after Global Witness raised concerns over alleged links... read more
02.03.2012 | Uganda's oil laws: Global Witness Analysis
As Uganda’s draft oil laws are presented to Parliament, a Global Witness analysis of the legislation highlights the need for greater environmental, social and transparency provisions.
Uganda has recently discovered oil... read more
21.02.2012 | BP makes opaque payments for Angola oil block as petro-lobby seeks weak transparency rules
Read the full BP Angola briefing
Read BP's Letter to Gavin Hayman, Campaigns Director at Global Witness
As oil industry lobbyists attempt to water down watershed transparency legislation in the United States and the... read more
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In July and August 2011, news came out that state mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Gécamines and Sodimico had sold stakes in four major mining sites without making the... read more
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Zhezkazgan, Sverdlovsk, Pavlodar. Not names your average investor will have heard of, but all of them are... read more
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International oil companies such as the US giant Chevron are beginning exploration off of Liberia’s coastline.... read more
24.09.2011 | Audio file - Strengthening Natural Resource Governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most mineral rich countries on earth, with natural resources including diamonds, copper, gold, tin, oil and natural gas. Yet despite its geological riches DRC remains... read more
07.02.2011 | Press advisory: Global Witness spokespeople available for comment on banking of politicians’ funds
Following recent events in Egypt, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Haiti, Global Witness specialists are available for comment and analysis on how senior politicians access the financial system.
The unrest in Tunisia,... read more
05.11.2010 | Open letter to David Cameron calls for focus on anti-corruption measures at key G20 meet
Ahead of the G20 Leader’s Summit in Seoul on 11–12 November, Global Witness and partner organisations have written to UK Prime Minister David Cameron urge him to push for measures that will curb illicit financial flows... read more
British high street banks have accepted millions of pounds in deposits from corrupt Nigerian politicians, raising serious questions about their commitment to tackling financial crime, warned Global Witness in a report... read more
27.07.2010 | The Bribery Act: what it means for business
Briefing paper produced by the Chartered Institute of Managment Accountants (CIMA) in collaboration with Global Witness outlining the implications for UK accountants and businesses worldwide of the new 2010 Bribery Act... read more
Angola | Equatorial Guinea | Laws and Frameworks | Partner Organisations | Republic of Congo | Turkmenistan | Banks | Corruption
New report, Undue Diligence, names some of the major banks who have done business with corrupt regimes. By accepting these customers, banks are assisting those who are using state assets to enrich themselves or... read more
03.02.2011 | Global Witness for The Times - British business simply can not afford a delay to the Bribery Act
Read this article on The Times website.
We are desperately trying to rebuild British business after the financial crisis. Against that backdrop, you would think that an update to archaic anti-bribery laws that brings... read more
European governments need to force businesses to be transparent if Africa's poor are to benefit from oil's riches, says the Guardian's Economics Editor Larry Elliot in the wake of George Osborne's commitment to support... read more
18.05.2012 | Caixin: Big Oil on Edge as U.S. Requires Disclosure
An intense lobbying campaign is under way as U.S. authorities prepare to implement what are supposed to be investor-friendly laws designed to clarify the global operations of listed oil companies. Zhang Tao and Wang... read more
15.07.2011 | Guardian | Act now on oil to stop future Gaddafis
The 40-nation Libya contact group is meeting with the Interim National Transitional Council to decide how best to support the rebels against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Global Witness's Brendan O'Donnell argues on Comment... read more
03.02.2011 | Global Witness for The Times - British business simply can not afford a delay to the Bribery Act
Read this article on The Times website.
We are desperately trying to rebuild British business after the financial crisis. Against that backdrop, you would think that an update to archaic anti-bribery laws that brings... read more
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