EU lawmakers favour tougher extractive industries bill

Passage of a tough European law would mark a second victory for advocacy groups after the U.S. adopted disclosure rules this week as part of a growing world-wide movement to stop autocrat leaders siphoning wealth from resource-rich countries and to combat corruption, violence and poverty that often plagues these countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/eu-extractive-disclosure-idUSL2E8JO9FW20120824