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 | March 14, 2019 Forests D.R. Congo Ten European companies could be importing illegal Congo timber worth millions to the EU, new Global Witness investigation reveals As well as wreaking havoc on climate-critical rainforests, this could be a direct breach of the European Union Timber Regulation. Press release | Feb. 1, 2019 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo 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 Press release | Dec. 18, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Corruption & Money Laundering D.R. Congo Global Witness welcomes Canadian regulator ruling on Glencore-controlled company and executives The Glencore-controlled mining company Katanga Mining has today agreed to pay USD $22 million to settle allegations by Canadian regulators that it had failed to comply with disclosure requirements, including that it had not properly described risks of doing business with a controversial middleman in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Press release | Nov. 16, 2018 D.R. Congo DRC: Anti-corruption organisations question make-up of candidate’s campaign finance team Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary turns to officials accused of running departments marred by allegations of embezzlement and corruption Press release | July 24, 2018 Environmental Activists The Philippines Peru Nicaragua Honduras D.R. Congo Brazil Deadliest year on record for land and environmental defenders, as agribusiness is shown to be the industry most linked to killings Global Witness today reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed last year Press release | June 26, 2018 Forests D.R. Congo New investigation reveals systemic illegal logging by European company in the DRC Global Witness has published astounding new evidence showing a major, globally trading European company is illegally logging across huge swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s rainforest Press release | June 15, 2018 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Glencore must not pay millions to sanctioned individual Glencore to resume paying royalties to “corrupt” businessman Dan Gertler despite US sanctions Press release | May 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Empresa obscura registada no Reino Unido obtém direitos controversos de petróleo em parque da UNESCO na República Democrática do Congo Em fevereiro de 2018 a COMICO, uma empresa detida através de entidades registadas no Reino Unido, conseguiu a aprovação para explorar petróleo num local de Património Mundial da UNESCO na República Democrática do Congo, suscitando receios que a exploração de petróleo poderia desestabilizar, não apenas um ecossistema frágil, mas também uma situação política instável no Congo. Press release | May 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Opaque UK-owned company obtains controversial oil rights in UNESCO park in Democratic Republic of Congo In February 2018 COMICO, a company owned via UK registered entities, won approval to explore for oil in a UNESCO protected World Heritage Site in Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that oil exploration could destabilise not just a fragile ecosystem but also a volatile political situation in Congo. Press release | May 3, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Democratic Republic of Congo must halt plans to allow oil exploration which threatens wildlife New documents reveal DRC government is attempting to reclassify swathes of two UNESCO-protected World Heritage Sites. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10