ME countries have relatively lax business laws if you pay the right people and financial/business records are hard to get ahold of as an international investiga

ME countries have relatively lax business laws if you pay the right people and financial/business records are hard to get ahold of as an international investigator. After US sanctions hit Russia, many of the companies magically were headquartered in the UAE months later. China was using a Syrian branch of an African company to funnel restricted computer equipment to Iran. Back in March a UAE based operation was sanctioned for washing Iranian oil via other Middle Eastern countries for sale on the global market.