Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Natural resource governance Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | June 9, 2021 Shell & Eni court ruling must be appealed to avoid get out of jail free card for the corrupt says NGO coalition Full judgment in the criminal trial related to the OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria was released today Press release | March 17, 2021 Acquittal of Shell and Eni in corruption trial “a stain on Italy” Joint statement on the Shell/ Eni verdict from Global Witness, Corner House, HEDA & Re:Common Press release | Sept. 10, 2020 Statement on Global Witness’s work in Guyana Mike Davis, CEO of Global Witness, has made the following statement on Global Witness’s work in Guyana Press release | Aug. 6, 2020 Mega deal between Gécamines and Chinese state-owned company CNMC for one of DRC’s flagship copper mines could be leaving the country short-changed An $800 million deal for one of Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) flagship copper mines risks leaving the country short-changed, Global Witness reveals Press release | June 22, 2020 Global Witness welcomes Swiss criminal investigation into Glencore This is the third jurisdiction that is examining the London-listed commodities giant. The fact that Glencore is now being investigated on its home turf reinforces the intensifying scrutiny faced by the company Press release | April 23, 2020 New gold refinery in DRC links a senior employee of Erik Prince’s security firm to a close associate of ex-President Joseph Kabila and a reported gold smuggler, Global Witness reveals A new gold refinery in DRC links a senior employee of Erik Prince’s security firm to a close associate of ex-President Joseph Kabila, and a reported gold smuggler Press release | April 21, 2020 Alarm raised over re-appointment of accused in corruption trial as Eni CEO Mr Descalzi is set to maintain the leadership role despite an ongoing criminal trial over corruption allegations surrounding the billion dollar 2011 acquisition by Shell and Eni of Nigeria’s OPL 245 oil license. Press release | Feb. 27, 2020 Following Heathrow decision UK must now ensure all projects aligned with Paris Climate Agreement Heathrow decision must start real change from UK Government Press release | Feb. 12, 2020 Oil, Gas & Mining BP’s “net zero” pledge not credible whilst continuing to drill for new fossil fuels BP’s promise to be “net zero by 2050” is simply not credible for an organisation that is still planning to invest heavily in new oil and gas Press release | Jan. 27, 2020 Oil, Gas & Mining Congo-Brazzaville Republic of Congo’s oil-backed debt could balloon beyond IMF estimates, Global Witness reveals Republic of Congo’s public debt could exceed $12.5 billion, adding over a third to estimates released by the IMF in July 2019 when it awarded the country its fourth multi-million dollar bailout, Global Witness reveals today. Show Next 10