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Feb. 19, 2019

Response to European Banking Authority's new Danske Bank investigation

Estonian finance regulators announced closure of Danske Bank's Tallinn branch, which is implicated in a €200 billion money-laundering scandal. Global Witness responds.
Feb. 18, 2019

Stephen Peel has stepped down as a member of the Global Witness Board

Stephen has made an enormous contribution to Global Witness
Feb. 15, 2019

London-listed oil company SOCO dumps Republic of Congo asset under highly questionable circumstances

London Stock Exchange-listed SOCO International disposed of one of its last Sub-Saharan Africa assets, a Republic of Congo oil block, in a deal that breaches Congolese law and appears to make no commercial sense, a new Global Witness investigation reveals.
- Oil, Gas & Mining
- Congo-Brazzaville
Feb. 15, 2019

La société pétrolière SOCO se défait d’un actif en République du Congo dans des circonstances douteuses

La société SOCO International, cotée à la Bourse de Londres, a cédé l’un de ses derniers actifs en Afrique sub-saharienne - un bloc pétrolier en République du Congo - dans le cadre d’une transaction qui viole la loi congolaise et ne semble pas se justifier d’un point de vue commercial, révèle une nouvelle enquête de Global Witness.
- Oil, Gas & Mining
- Congo-Brazzaville
Feb. 13, 2019

Response to the European Commission's anti-money laundering blacklist

Global Witness' response to the European Commission's anti-money laundering blacklist revealed today.
- Corruption & Money Laundering
Feb. 1, 2019

Oil rights in Salonga National Park could be null and void, Global Witness analysis reveals

An opaque Guernsey-owned company’s oil rights threatening a protected national park in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be null and void, according to our legal analysis
- Oil, Gas & Mining
- D.R. Congo
Feb. 1, 2019

Les droits pétroliers dans le parc national de la Salonga seraient nuls et non avenus, révèle une analyse de Global Witness

Les droits pétroliers d'une entreprise opaque détenue à Guernesey, qui menace un parc national protégé en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), seraient nuls et non avenus.
- Oil, Gas & Mining
- D.R. Congo
Jan. 24, 2019

Afghan mining under spotlight as country suspended from key anti-corruption mechanism

Afghanistan’s suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on January 18 is an urgent wake-up call for the government to fundamentally strengthen efforts to reform the sector, Afghan and international CSOs said today.
- Conflict Minerals
- Afghanistan
Jan. 23, 2019

European Commission sees corruption risks but needs to get tougher on golden visas

The European Commission announced that schemes that sell citizenship and residency to the super rich, known as ‘golden visas’, threaten the EU’s collective security and integrity.
- Corruption & Money Laundering
Jan. 18, 2019

Global Witness condemns the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale

Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a journalist who courageously investigated corruption in Ghana, was reportedly shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes on Wednesday night.
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Ghana

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Response to European Banking Authority's new Danske Bank investigation

Stephen Peel has stepped down as a member of the Global Witness Board

London-listed oil company SOCO dumps Republic of Congo asset under highly questionable circumstances

La société pétrolière SOCO se défait d’un actif en République du Congo dans des circonstances douteuses

Response to the European Commission's anti-money laundering blacklist

Oil rights in Salonga National Park could be null and void, Global Witness analysis reveals

Les droits pétroliers dans le parc national de la Salonga seraient nuls et non avenus, révèle une analyse de Global Witness

Afghan mining under spotlight as country suspended from key anti-corruption mechanism

European Commission sees corruption risks but needs to get tougher on golden visas

Global Witness condemns the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale