Viktor Bout, illegal arms trader, has been linked to numerous shell companies that he used as legitimate business fronts to conduct his operations. Bout is only one of many arms/drug traffickers and money launderers who have used U.S. companies to conceal their activities.
Investigators were able to link a Delaware based holding company to Bout. The company operated in the late 90s selling cargo planes to the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
U.S. officials blame the lenient state laws for not requiring the name and information of the owner before a company is established. The setback preventing any change is the source of funding to collect company information as investigate possible criminal activity.
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Lax laws allow US companies to be used for crimes
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