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Global Witness exposes a coordinated wave of bot-like accounts and deceptive news sites trying to whitewash a sanctioned mining tycoon, undermining sanctions and DRC’s anti-corruption efforts

by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 27, 2025

Global Witness finds that at least 40 social-media accounts created in February 2025, along with multiple Congolese news websites, propagated nearly identical messages claiming that a recent arbitration “exonerated” Gertler — despite the arbitration being a private...

Global Witness exposes Santander’s $1.3bn funding of Cresud, a key deforester tied to human rights abuses, revealing major lapses in financial sector efforts against environmental harm and illicit risks

by AdrianaAMLP | May 15, 2025

The findings raise serious questions about Santander’s environmental commitments, including its 2018 deforestation policy and 2021 net zero pledge, given its continued support for one of South America’s most destructive agricultural actors…

Global Witness accuses Veolia of dumping toxic waste in Colombian wetlands, with mercury levels 25 times above safe limits, causing health risks

by AdrianaAMLP | Mar 27, 2025

​A Global Witness investigation revealed that French multinational Veolia has been discharging untreated leachate, liquid pollutants from landfills into Colombia’s protected San Silvestre wetlands. Secretly filmed footage shows Veolia employees using electric...

Global Witness condemns move by Azerbaijan authorities to shut down BBC Baku bureau

by AdrianaAMLP | Feb 20, 2025

Global Witness has condemned Azerbaijan’s forced closure of the BBC’s Baku office, following verbal orders from the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. This comes after the BBC covered a Global Witness investigation at COP29, exposing Azerbaijan’s Deputy Energy Minister for...

Global Witness releases new report on human rights risks associated with mining of transition minerals for the green revolution

by AdrianaAMLP | Dec 3, 2024

The Philippines is ramping up mining for “transition minerals” like nickel and copper to meet global renewable energy demands, resulting in indigenous displacement, environmental damage and militarisation.
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