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negocio / empresa de fachada

English translation: shell company


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Spanish term or phrase:negocio / empresa de fachada
English translation:shell company
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13:22 May 4, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / money laundering
Spanish term or phrase: negocio / empresa de fachada
Once erased the source of the money, starts the integration process whereby a legal appearance is given to the funds coming from or designated to criminal purposes. Funds turn up as personal or real real estate property, NEGOCIOS DE FACHADA or used for new criminal purposes
mgazitua
Chile
Local time: 22:20
shell company
Explanation:
These are often known as "shell companies"

salon :: :: ent :: clear_channel :: Is Clear Channel playing a " ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... advertiser has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission, charging that WKKJ's
Concord Media "is nothing more than a shell company operated entirely for ...
www.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/ 2001/11/20/fcc_complaint/ - Páginas similares

What is a publicly traded shell company? How can I create one? - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... evasion schemes." As for creating a shell company, you should consult
with an attorney who specializes in setting up corporations. You ...
sec.broaddaylight.com/sec/FAQ_16_267.shtm - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares

Publication :: Downey Brand - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Bruce F. Dravis, Partner, Downey Brand LLP. If someone approaches your client
with a transaction involving a “shell company,” don’t do it. ...
www.dbsr.com/publications/articles/ 030825_avoid_shell_games.php - 8k - En caché - Páginas similares

SEC Adopts Fund Disclosure Rules and Foreign Bank Loan Exemption ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... The proposed amendments to Form S-8 would allow a company that ceases to be a shell
company to use Form S-8 to register securities 60 days after it has filed ...
www.sec.gov/news/press/2004-50.htm - 13k - 2 May 2004 - En caché - Páginas similares

SEC Open Meeting Agenda: April 13, 2004 - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... 1) the use of Form S-8 by shell companies; and (2) the information required to be
disclosed in a report on Form 8K filed when a shell company ceases to be a ...
www.sec.gov/news/openmeetings/agenda041304.htm - 8k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.sec.gov ]

SEC Posts Proposed Rule: Use of Form S-8 and Form 8-K by Shell ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... The SEC has proposed to define a "shell company" as a company with no or nominal
operations, and with no or nominal assets or assets consisting solely of cash ...
www.bowne.com/bsc/Reg_detail.asp?storyID=957 - 28k - En caché - Páginas similares

Andy

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-05-04 13:27:28 GMT)
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In a case involving a shell company used to buy illegal weapons:

\"According to the court documents in the New York case, the three men created a shell company and then applied for and obtained credit cards with high credit limits. They then used the cards to transact fake purchases from the shell company, pocketing the proceeds, and later defaulting on their credit card bills.\"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0605/p01s04-wome.htm
Selected response from:

Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 04:20
Grading comment
Andycw, muchísimas gracias.
También agradezco el agreement de Richard.
Mauricio Gazitua

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2shell company
Andy Watkinson
5 +1fronts/front companies
Marian Greenfield
5front company
Lesley Clarke


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
shell company


Explanation:
These are often known as "shell companies"

salon :: :: ent :: clear_channel :: Is Clear Channel playing a " ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... advertiser has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission, charging that WKKJ's
Concord Media "is nothing more than a shell company operated entirely for ...
www.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/ 2001/11/20/fcc_complaint/ - Páginas similares

What is a publicly traded shell company? How can I create one? - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... evasion schemes." As for creating a shell company, you should consult
with an attorney who specializes in setting up corporations. You ...
sec.broaddaylight.com/sec/FAQ_16_267.shtm - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares

Publication :: Downey Brand - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Bruce F. Dravis, Partner, Downey Brand LLP. If someone approaches your client
with a transaction involving a “shell company,” don’t do it. ...
www.dbsr.com/publications/articles/ 030825_avoid_shell_games.php - 8k - En caché - Páginas similares

SEC Adopts Fund Disclosure Rules and Foreign Bank Loan Exemption ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... The proposed amendments to Form S-8 would allow a company that ceases to be a shell
company to use Form S-8 to register securities 60 days after it has filed ...
www.sec.gov/news/press/2004-50.htm - 13k - 2 May 2004 - En caché - Páginas similares

SEC Open Meeting Agenda: April 13, 2004 - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... 1) the use of Form S-8 by shell companies; and (2) the information required to be
disclosed in a report on Form 8K filed when a shell company ceases to be a ...
www.sec.gov/news/openmeetings/agenda041304.htm - 8k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.sec.gov ]

SEC Posts Proposed Rule: Use of Form S-8 and Form 8-K by Shell ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... The SEC has proposed to define a "shell company" as a company with no or nominal
operations, and with no or nominal assets or assets consisting solely of cash ...
www.bowne.com/bsc/Reg_detail.asp?storyID=957 - 28k - En caché - Páginas similares

Andy

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-05-04 13:27:28 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

In a case involving a shell company used to buy illegal weapons:

\"According to the court documents in the New York case, the three men created a shell company and then applied for and obtained credit cards with high credit limits. They then used the cards to transact fake purchases from the shell company, pocketing the proceeds, and later defaulting on their credit card bills.\"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0605/p01s04-wome.htm


Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 04:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Andycw, muchísimas gracias.
También agradezco el agreement de Richard.
Mauricio Gazitua

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Cadena: This is the official term used by the US Government in translations I have done for the US Embassy in Mexico City and Bogota, Colombia. It is also given in the multi-lingual glossary issued by the US Govt. on money laundering. Saludos, Richard
42 mins
  -> Thanks, Richard

agree  ojinaga
9 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fronts/front companies


Explanation:
laundries, restaurants, car dealerships, real estate firms, etc. are often fronts for money laundering operations...

USIA News Report... to address international organized crime. 1. No Trade With International Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia and Their Front Companies: The President ...
www.fas.org/irp/news/1995/48488876-48494350.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages


PDD 42 - International Organized Crime... step­up and integrate their efforts against international crime syndicates and ... blocking the assets of the leaders, cohorts and front companies of identified ...
www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd42.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.fas.org ]


Money Laundering - Economic Perspectives - May 2001 - State ...... In the United States, for example, organized crime has used pizza parlors to mask proceeds from heroin trafficking. These front companies have access to ...
usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/0501/ijee/state1.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages


WorldNetDaily: Beijing 'front' companies spying on US... of the border in Canada, intelligence officials estimate Chinese front companies to number ... examined the ability of elements of Asian Organized Crime to act in ...
www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34162 - 23k - Cached - Similar pages


vigilant.tv - nytimes: Front Companies Said to Keep Financing ...... financing claims a huge global "shadow network" of front companies provides funding ... Aufhauser said at an international symposium on economic crime in Cambridge ...
vigilant.tv/article/2205 - 10k - Cached - Similar pages


Chinese Crime/Red Spy Alliance Target US From Canada... how foreign spies have set up covert networks – including front companies and visiting ... and the creation of companies by Chinese organized crime groups and ...
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/ 2001/1/4/133433.shtml - 33k - Cached - Similar pages


TOMPAINE.com - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR... this was done in several underhanded ways, not only through front companies. A careful reader will note that TomPaine.com's op ad says, "their crime relied on ...
www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/4541 - 41k - Cached - Similar pages


EUROPA - Justice and Home Affairs - Frequently asked questions ...... of income for organised crime gangs who sometimes operate sophisticated international networks and act under the cover of front companies with legitimate ...
europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/ faq/crime/wai/faq_crime_en.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages


Clinton Announces New Initiative Against Global Drug Trafficking... law enforcement to investigate branches of international organized crime in the US. The Executive Order freezing the assets of "front companies" was initiated ...
www.ndsn.org/dec95/unconf.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages


alt.media by Uri Dowbenko - Mark Lombardi: Global (Conspiracy) ...... web-like drawings show the decentralized nature of the networks of crime and flows of global capital. The key is a multitude of front companies, which add ...
www.steamshovelpress.com/altmedia18.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages



Marian Greenfield
Local time: 22:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1524

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Hoepelman
3 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
front company


Explanation:
This is how I would translate it, and here are some examples:

EarthLink.NET is a Scientology front company. EarthLink.NET is a Scientology front company, origionally created and financed by the ...
www.skeptictank.org/hs/elcoslnk.htm?FACTNet - 6k - En caché - Páginas similares


Damage from spy leak widens as CIA front company has its cover ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]The leak of a CIA operative's name has also exposed the identity of a CIA front company, potentially increasing the damage caused by the original disclosure. ...
www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/05/ 1065292475364.html?from=storyrhs - 28k - En caché - Páginas similares


[PDF] 517.120 Operating a sham or front company. (1) A person is guilty ...Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
Page 1. 517.120 Operating a sham or front company. (1) A person is guilty of operating a sham or front company when he knowingly: (a ...
www.lrc.state.ky.us/KRS/517-00/120.PDF



Lesley Clarke
Mexico
Local time: 21:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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