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 Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals 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 | Oct. 22, 2019 Historic bipartisan bill to end anonymous companies passes U.S. House of Representatives In a historic step towards transparency, the House of Representatives has passed a landmark bipartisan bill to put an end to corruption and crime enabled by anonymous companies. Press release | Oct. 14, 2019 Anonymous Companies Another Queen’s Speech, another failure to tackle elite criminals No mention of vital property register in Queen's Speech Press release | Oct. 9, 2019 Anonymous Companies Cayman Islands commits to company transparency – rest of British Overseas Territories must follow suit Cayman Islands commits to company transparency Press release | Sept. 19, 2019 Anonymous Companies European Union EU must act if member states fail to end anonymous companies EU must act if member states fail to end anonymous companies Press release | July 18, 2019 Anonymous Companies Global Witness to Tory leadership candidates: Do not derail property ownership transparency Global Witness is today calling on Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to commit to bring in legislation that would finally reveal the true owners of overseas companies purchasing UK property Press release | June 28, 2019 Anonymous Companies Secrecy in UK property market enables freehold companies to rip off homeowners Secretive offshore companies are being used to shield freeholders from being held to account by leasehold homeowners. Press release | June 12, 2019 Anonymous Companies The US makes progress towards putting an end to anonymously-owned shell companies After years campaigning to put an end to anonymously-owned companies in the US, a corporate transparency bill seeking to achieve this has finally made it through Committee in the House of Representatives. Press release | May 5, 2019 Anonymous Companies Revealed: UK faces serious corruption and money laundering risks due to “fundamental gaps” in register of company owners The UK Government is failing to act on fundamental gaps with its company register leaving UK companies as a vehicle of choice for money launderers, the corrupt and other criminals. Press release | April 10, 2019 Anonymous Companies Corruption & Money Laundering Congo-Brazzaville Trump Organization profited from tainted money used to buy an apartment at Trump’s flagship hotel in New York City First daughter of the Republic of Congo used millions of dollars of apparently stolen Congolese state funds to buy a luxury apartment at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York City, a new Global Witness investigation exposes. Press release | March 13, 2019 Anonymous Companies New Congress holds first hearing on corporate transparency Anonymous companies are a key vehicle for criminals and the corrupt to get away with their crimes. The US must ban these types of companies. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10
