Presidential Profiteering
A company linked to Republic of Congo’s president stands to earn millions from new fee in what is suspected to be the family’s latest illicit scheme
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Article | December 08, 2020
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Country | October 14, 2020 Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
The Republic of Congo is Sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest oil producer. Yet the country has flirted with bankruptcy three times in less than two decades, in part due to widespread corruption, mismanagement of the country’s resource revenues and predatory international companies
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Article | July 09, 2020 The Cycle of Kleptocracy: a Congolese State Affair Part III
How the Congolese president’s son allegedly stole, laundered and spent millions of dollars of public funds
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Press Release | February 28, 2020 Congo oil project obtained by ‘corruption risk’ magnate threatens climate-critical peatland forest
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Article | February 28, 2020 What lies beneath
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Briefing Document | January 27, 2020 Rigged: where has Republic of Congo’s oil money gone?
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Press Release | January 27, 2020 Republic of Congo’s oil-backed debt could balloon beyond IMF estimates, Global Witness reveals
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Press Release | October 10, 2019 Global Witness exposes conflict of interest in oil major Eni's Congo permits
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019 Global Finance is Still Destroying the World’s Biggest Rainforests
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Press Release | September 23, 2019 Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction
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Press Release | September 06, 2019 Strict safeguards crucial for new Central African Forests Initiative partnership that could threaten the Congo’s peatland
Briefings
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Briefing Document | January 27, 2020 Rigged: where has Republic of Congo’s oil money gone?
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Briefing Document | February 15, 2019 A Dud Deal
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Briefing Document | November 29, 2017 IMF must ensure kleptocratic regime in the Republic of Congo does not get another sweet deal
Press Releases
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Press Release | February 28, 2020 Congo oil project obtained by ‘corruption risk’ magnate threatens climate-critical peatland forest
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Press Release | January 27, 2020 Republic of Congo’s oil-backed debt could balloon beyond IMF estimates, Global Witness reveals
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Press Release | October 10, 2019 Global Witness exposes conflict of interest in oil major Eni's Congo permits
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Press Release | September 23, 2019 Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction
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Press Release | September 06, 2019 Strict safeguards crucial for new Central African Forests Initiative partnership that could threaten the Congo’s peatland
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Press Release | August 06, 2019 Luxury-loving Congo President’s son received over $50 million from public treasury
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Press Release | July 12, 2019 Global Witness comment on IMF decision to grant bailout to Republic of Congo
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Press Release | April 10, 2019 Trump Organization profited from tainted money used to buy an apartment at Trump’s flagship hotel in New York City
Reports
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Report | December 13, 2005 The Riddle of the Sphynx: where has Congo’s oil money gone?
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Report | October 16, 2015 How to lose $4 billion
Blogs
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019 Global Finance is Still Destroying the World’s Biggest Rainforests
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Blog Post | August 06, 2019 How following tainted public money from Congo led me to the heart of Europe
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Blog Post | July 03, 2019 Commodity traders: lenders of last resort for Africa’s oil-producers
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Blog Post | November 30, 2018 Hey, Big Lenders
