Tag Archives | Gabon

Les héros de la lutte contre la corruption : une interview avec Gregory Ngbwa Mintsa

16 May 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Politics and government, Region

En décembre 2008, le citoyen gabonais Gregory Ngbwa Mintsa a courageusement pris position contre la corruption. Avec Transparence International France, il a déposé une plainte qui dénonçait le détournement présumé de fonds publics au Gabon. Cela fait partie des Biens Mal Acquis, une enquête sur plusieurs présidents africains soupçonnés de voler des fonds publics à grande […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Anti-corruption heroes: an interview with Gregory Ngbwa Mintsa

15 May 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Politics and government, Region

In December 2008, Gabonese citizen Gregory Ngbwa Mintsa took a brave stand against corruption. Together with Transparency International France, he filed a legal complaint denouncing the alleged embezzlement of public funds in Gabon. This was part of the Biens Mal Acquis case, an investigation into several African presidents suspected of stealing public assets on a […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Oil money in Gabon and Sierra Leone: from mirage to reality?

27 March 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Human rights, Oil and gas, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

Many of the world’s poorest countries by per capita income are actually some of the richest in terms of natural resources. Trouble is, this wealth doesn’t reach citizens who, by rights, own the resources. That is why the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) was started in 2002: to get countries to agree to publish information […]

Read full story Comments { 2 }

La transparence des revenus au Gabon et en Sierra Leone: du mirage à la réalité?

27 March 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Human rights, Oil and gas, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

Par Lavina Banduah, Directrice exécutive de Transparency Sierra Leone et Marc Ona, Coordinateur de Publiez ce que vous payez Gabon. Beaucoup des pays les plus pauvres de la planète de par le revenu par habitant sont en fait parmi les plus riches en termes de ressources naturelles. Le problème est que cette richesse ne profite […]

Read full story Comments { 1 }

Asset recovery in the dock

8 June 2010 in Asset recovery, Financial Markets

This week senior members of the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, a joint programme of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime meet in Paris to step up efforts to find and repatriate stolen assets. Here, Daniel Lebègue, president of TI France, explains what his organisation is doing on this issue. […]

Read full story Comments { 1 }