The owners of 408 companies are “hidden” in 28 offshore countries (Part One)
Author: Vlatko STOJANOVSKI Over 400 companies registered in the country are fully or partially owned by other companies, headquartered in foreign countries that are known as specific jurisdictions, or offshore zones. As part of the research that we made, we found 408 legal entities in the Macedonian trade register, whose owners are not actually individuals, but other companies located in 28 foreign countries that are considered ас offshore areas. According to the data we have provided, most of these companies have owners from various European countries known as countries that offer various financial benefits, but at the same time, they have mostly stable and reliable financial systems. Also, among them, there are countries known as „tax havens“ in Central America and along the Atlantic ocean, which offer the highest degree of discretion and privacy for the ownership structure of...