Press Releases
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Shell’s Nigeria investments at risk from corruption scandal, investors warned Campaigners call on Shell to stop lobbying against new transparency laws19 May 2014
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FTSE 100 mining company ENRC must openly address Congo corruption concerns Mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) must publicly address concerns over risks associated with its rapid acquisition of mining assets in the DRC13 May 2014
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Sharp rise in environmental and land killings as pressure on planet’s resources increases – report Urgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root causes of environmental crisis14 April 2014
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TED Prize Winner Charmian Gooch Announces Global Campaign to Abolish Anonymous Companies Charmian Gooch has announced that she will use the prestigious million-dollar award “to make it impossible for criminals and corrupt dictators to hide behind anonymous companies.”17 March 2014
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Complaint accuses international timber company DLH of trading illegal timber and funding Liberian war NGOs today filed a legal complaint before the Senior Magistrate of the Regional Court of Montpellier against the French arm of Danish timber giant Dalhoff, Larsen and Horneman (DLH)12 March 2014
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Global Witness receives two prestigious awards: The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the TED Prize Global Witness receives two prestigious awards: The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the TED Prize04 March 2014
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Global Witness calls for investors to drop Vietnamese rubber giant HAGL over failure to reform on land grabs Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has failed to keep to commitments to address environmental and human rights abuses in its plantations in Cambodia and Laos13 November 2013
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Timber giant Dalhoff Larsen and Horneman caught importing more than $300,000 of illegal Liberian timber One of the world's leading international timber and wood product wholesalers, the company previously bought conflict timber10 October 2013
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SEC must take opportunity to re-issue a strong rule for the vital US transparency law under Dodd-Frank 1504 Global Witness joins Members of Congress and investors representing more than US$5.6 trillion in assets in calling on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to re-issue a strong rule under Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – a vital piece of bipartisan US transparency legislation03 September 2013
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Joint statement from Global Witness, Re:Common, The Corner House on matters arising from the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession Correspondence between Global Witness – Re:Common –The Corner House and Nigerian Government Officials23 July 2013
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Italian Parliament debates Government response to ENI's dealings in Nigeria Italy’s Parliament yesterday debated the Government’s response to questions put to it about Italian oil company ENI’s conduct in acquiring Nigerian oil block OPL245.14 June 2013
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Breakthrough commitment from UK to roll back corporate secrecy; the G8 and offshore havens should follow suit An unprecedented move by the UK to end secret company ownership could prevent corruption and crime and significantly boost the development prospects of poor countries and cut financial crime, Global Witness said today14 June 2013
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Global Witness calls on Shell to drop support for anti-transparency lawsuit Litigation runs contrary to the UK G8 Presidency’s push for a global transparency standard Global Witness is attending Shell’s AGM in The Hague today to ask the company to drop its support for a lawsuit that aims to kill off vital a U.S. transparency law. While the UK uses its G8 Presidency to advance a global transparency standard for oil and mining companies, the lawsuit seeks to stifle disclosure and move the industry in the opposite direction20 May 2013
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Goldman Sachs underwrites US$1.6 billion of ‘under the radar’ bonds for corrupt Sarawak regime, and wins business award for it US investment bank Goldman Sachs appears to have turned a blind eye to glaring corruption risks and conflicts of interest in order to underwrite US$1.6 billion in bonds for the Sarawak State Government, Malaysia, said Global Witness today.29 April 2013
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Cambodia marks 1 year anniversary of Chut Wutty’s murder Global Witness joins Cambodian activists and citizens in commemorating the death of Chut Wutty, the Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG), who was murdered a year ago today by military police while investigating illegal logging and land seizures25 April 2013