Beneficial ownership (BO) register data links jade mining licence holders to government officials through national ID numbers, exposing hidden conflicts of interest

Global Witness used national identification numbers from Myanmar's public BO register to link jade mining concessions directly to government officials, exposing hidden relationships between licence holders and public officials that were invisible through legal ownership data alone.

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