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RAID Submission to Review of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
RAID
September 8, 2017
Response to consultation by the London Stock exchange to review the rulebooks for its junior AIM market.
RAID Submission to Review of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)Tags: stock market, United Kingdom
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African Commission: Landmark $2
August 4, 2017
Press Release on landmark decision by the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights on the Kilwa Massacre in DR Congo.
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Q&A on the Kilwa Massacre Decision of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
August 3, 2017
A background Q&A on the landmark Kilwa Massacre decision of the African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)
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Acacia Mining’s Troubles in Tanzania Run Deeper Than Tax
Anneke
July 6, 2017
The Tanzanian government and investors should ensure Acacia Mining urgently addresses the human rights violations at the North Mara gold mine, including providing compensation to victims, as part of the current negotiations about the company’s operations in Tanzania.. RAID's new video details the stories of some of the victims in stark detail.
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RAID Submission on G4S case in Manus Island for UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
Patricia Feeney
April 27, 2017
RAID’s key findings were presented on April 27, 2017 to a panel discussing private military and security companies in places of deprivation of liberty, including prisons and immigrant detention facilities.
RAID’s submission drew together lessons learned from a complaint RAID and the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) submitted under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises against G4S Australia in September 2014.
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Bribery in Its Purest Form
RAID
January 5, 2017
Reports on the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period to take action to prevent assets acquired through corrupt means being traded on the London markets.
In September 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (Och-Ziff), one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates the New York stock exchange, also announced that Och-Ziff had agreed to settle civil charges of violating the FCPA. RAID’s report examines the corrupt transactions in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and suspicious payments in Zimbabwe, as detailed by the SEC and DOJ.
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oz_bribery_in_its_purest_form_executive_summary_rev
RAID
January 5, 2017
Reports on the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period to take action to prevent assets acquired through corrupt means being traded on the London markets.
In September 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (Och-Ziff), one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates the New York stock exchange, also announced that Och-Ziff had agreed to settle civil charges of violating the FCPA. RAID’s report examines the corrupt transactions in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and suspicious payments in Zimbabwe, as detailed by the SEC and DOJ.
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pr_us_hedge_fund_corruption_settlement
RAID
January 5, 2017
The report by RAID ‘Bribery in its purest form’: Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection sets out the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period – despite warnings from UN Experts, due diligence studies and compliance watch lists – to take action to prevent assets acquired through corrupt means being traded on the London markets.
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adding_insult_to_injury_north_mara
RAID
September 23, 2016
This report is based on a third field assessment by MiningWatch Canada (MiningWatch) and UK-based Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) into the situation of human rights at the North Mara Gold Mine (NMGM), Tanzania. The North Mara Gold mine is operated by UK-listed Acacia Mining (‘Acacia’, formerly African Barrick Gold), a majority owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation. The research was carried out between 24 July and 1 August 2016 in Tarime and the villages surrounding the mine.
adding_insult_to_injury_north_mara.pdf