MENU SEARCH COUNTRIES LANGUAGES ABOUT US Global Witness exposes the hidden links between demand for natural resources, corruption, armed conflict and environmental destruction. Tweet Share DONATE We know that sustainable and transparent use of natural resources can help to fund the development needs of many of the poorest people on earth. Yet millions of people living in resource-rich countries are trapped in lives of poverty and violence. For two decades we’ve been campaigning for full transparency in the mining, logging, oil and gas sectors, so that citizens who own those resources can benefit fairly from them, now and in future. We believe that the only way to protect peoples’ rights to land, livelihoods and a fair share of their national wealth is to demand total transparency in the resources sector, sustainable and equitable resources management, and stopping the international financial system from propping up resource-related corruption. HOW WE WORK The Global Witness team draws on a wide range of skills, from undercover investigations and painstaking financial research, to information gathering on the ground and close cooperation with partners and activists all over the world. We use many techniques to gather evidence including interviews, secret filming, photography, document research and often just dogged physical presence – our investigators sometime spend days counting logging trucks across borders and through checkpoints to monitor illegal timber trades. Our reports are known for their meticulous attention to detail and are months and sometimes years in the making. We are proud that when our reports are released, they regularly make headline news. Our undercover films are also increasingly making waves. Sarawak: Inside Malaysia's Shadow State, which exposed 30 years of corruption and illegality, had more than 1.3 million views online. But exposure is not enough: our goal has always been to achieve system-wide change that will starve corrupt dictators and warlords of looted funds, stop brutal resource-driven conflicts, and protect the planet’s natural assets for the benefit of all. To achieve our goals, we use our hard-hitting reports and investigations to drive strategic advocacy by targeting decision-makers, campaigning to change laws, demanding accountability from political leaders and justice for perpetrators of crime and human rights violations. We often work in formal and informal partnerships and coalitions with individual allies and like-minded organisations in Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia. Together we will continue to expose the shadow systems that enable corruption and conflict, and lift the resource curse that condemns millions of people to lives of poverty and violence. ANNUAL REVIEWS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS GOVERNANCE IN THIS SECTION FOLLOW GLOBAL WITNESS GET OUR NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Contact us Press releases About us Jobs Support us Privacy Terms of use © Global Witness 2015 (Global Witness is not responsible for the content of external sites)