When one hears a reference to the Cayman Islands, it is normally in connection with criminal activity: drugs, money laundering, and tax evasion. This tiny territory in the western Caribbean has earned quite a reputation – one...
On the 5th of August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued US oil company, Cobalt International Energy Inc., with a Wells Notice in response to its operations in Angola. The Wells notice was a formal notific...
On 9 April, following months of negotiations, MEPs and ministers finally agreed to new transparency rules regarding payments to governments from the extractive sectors, involving companies from the mining, oil and gas, as well ...