HSBC and Goldman Sachs held $335m of Libyan state oil money
26th May 2011 HSBC and Goldman Sachs are among the key western bankers for Colonel Gaddafi’s regime, a 2010 document leaked to Global Witness appears to show. The document details the whereabouts of...
View ArticleNew leaked document reveals HSBC held $1.4bn of Libyan funds
1st July 2011 Between June and September 2010 the Libyan state oil fund deposited over $1bn with HSBC, according to a document leaked to Global Witness and published today. The deposit brought the...
View ArticleLibya’s oil must now be used to drive development and foster peace
24th August 2011 With Colonel Gaddafi’s 42 year dictatorship apparently drawing to a close, the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) and supporting countries must put measures in place to guard...
View ArticleOil transparency must underpin negotiations over Libya’s future – Global...
31st August 2011 Transparency of Libya’s oil wealth must be a key priority of Thursday’s negotiations over the country’s future, said Global Witness today. The meeting, which is to be co-chaired by UK...
View ArticleGlobal Witness on banks and corruption in the New York Times
23rd November 2011 Earlier this month, Swiss bank regulators found that four Swiss banks had not done enough to identify dictators’ assets they held. Earlier this year, Britain’s Financial Services...
View Article£10m house in expensive London suburb recovered by Libya
9th March 2012 Global Witness welcomes today's successful recovery by Libya of a £10 million London house, previously belonging to Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saadi Gaddafi. The High Court in London ruled...
View ArticleLeaked Gaddafi-era documents expose the need for urgent oil reforms
13th April 2012 Global Witness has obtained Gaddafi-era documents that detail the mismanagement of millions of dollars of Libyan oil revenues and highlight murky practices by Libya's state-owned...
View ArticleA blueprint for reform: lessons from past mismanagement and murky practice in...
13th April 2012Include in Homepage Featured Items feed: off Global Witness has obtained Gaddafi-era documents that detail the mismanagement of millions of dollars of Libyan oil revenues and highlight...
View ArticleU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission votes on landmark rules
22nd August 2012 Global Witness welcomes the long-overdue vote on implementation rules for Sections 1502 and 1504 of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by the United States...
View ArticleLa Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) américaine a voté sur l’adoption...
22nd August 2012 Global Witness salue le vote très attendu relatif aux règles de mise en œuvre des sections 1502 et 1504 du Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act par la Securities...
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