Terrorists and illegal businessmen are shifting their criminal trades from the Middle Eastern countries to the European countries. For long they have been eyeing Europe for establishing their shell companies to continue their illegal business with ease. Tony Abi Saab is the name behind running most of the shell companies in Europe, probably because of his powerful connection, his company faces almost no restrictions and questioning there. The Lebanese man, Tony, owns Brescia Middle East (BME), a gun and weaponry dealer company. BME imports most of its weapons from Italian firms Beretta and Tanfoglio to Lebanon to later distribute among his shell companies. The fake companies Tony has created runs in a complicated mechanism.Some highlighted ghost companies of Tony are: Brixia, K5 Global, G2Armory, SIMAINT, and Tactica Ltd. All these companies are located in different countries of the Middle East and were sub-contracted under BME. Brixia produced spare parts for weapons and smuggled in conflict countries for reassembly and sale. These companies sold weapons to rebel groups active in Syria and Iran. BME along with other shell companies of Tony was indicted for defrauding the US Army for $5 million and illegal sale of weapons. Tony was brought to the US court to stand the trial in 2011 but sadly due to a technicality in the circuit court and loopholes in the justice system, he didn't get a conviction. The problem is even after so many years, Tony is not stopping his illegal trades and continues to run shell companies, but this time with utmost care to avoid being caught by the US military. He is planning to expand his criminal trades to Europe and other peaceful countries of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Tony's business visa is valid for any countries other than the USA, where he is banned for doing any business.
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- Version 1 posted on 2019-03-07
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- Category: Business > Other
- Publisher: Transparency Global News
- License: Free
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- Version: 1
- Platform: windows