Strip Secrecy from Gas Trade to Europe, says new Global Witness report
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Good Governance
Introduction
A vital supply route for natural gas to the European Union is dominated by mysterious business interests who have made huge profits while keeping their identities mostly secret, according to a new report by Global Witness. "It's a Gas. Funny Business in the Turkmen-Ukraine Gas Trade" charts a trade linking the Central Asian dictatorship of Turkmenistan with Ukraine and Western Europe. The trade takes place against a backdrop of allegations about corruption and organised crime in the former Soviet Union, and European fears about access to safe and stable energy ...