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Similarly, the government cannot punish anyone when he or she is not charged, tried and convicted. Hence and until the claims of the Global Witness have been investigated, it is wrong to state that the government has failed to enforce the Forestry laws of Liberia
If the Global Witness has received such information, it was incumbent upon them to bring that information to the attention of the FDA so as to trigger a Section 24 investigation
Global Witness continues to say a new form of forest license has been issued. Let them publish one. They are also saying because the government had not taken action against those responsible the issuance of PUPs, logging companies are finding another way to by-pass and thereby bringing in applications. We have not received any request from a company applying for community forest licenseMore quotes »
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The beginning of the end of corporate secrecy? G8 strikes a blow against corruption - but still more to do
The G8 has started a rollback in corporate secrecy by beginning the process of eradicating anonymous shell companies that enable corruption, tax evasion and state looting, said Global Witness today. However, the majority of G8 countries have not yet matc 6/18/13 from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Africa: The Economist Supports Global Transparency Standard
Today The Economist came out in support of the campaign "to put a stop to hidden company ownership and to make energy and mining companies disclose more about the payments they make to win concessions." Global Witness supports these measures as they woul from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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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. On 10th May Simon Taylor, director of Global Witness, attended the ENI shareholders meet from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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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 today. An unprecedented move by the UK to from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Uncovering corruption: Charmian Gooch at TEDGlobal 2013
When we talk about corruption, certain types of individuals come to mind, says Charmian Gooch, co-founder of watchdog NGO Global Witness. She gives some familiar examples of the type. There’s the (former) Soviet megalomaniac — such as Saparmurat Niyazov, from TED Read more »
