Until it was shut down last year, the company registration business of New Zealander Ian Taylor was one of the most outrageous examples of the criminal services industry – companies that enable organized crime, terrorists and corrupt government officials to steal money, evade taxes and hide ownership. Now they are back – with a new company and a new host country.

Publika TV is one of the largest television stations broadcasting in the Republic of Moldova, yet oddly, despite its influence and importance, it is impossible to determine who really owns it. On paper, the man who runs the company in charge of Publika is Anatoli Zosciuc, 46, a Ukrainian-born former mechanic and customs inspector.

Zosciuc does not have the resume of a media magnate. He is likely just a proxy.

Anatoli Zosciuc - Proxies are individuals whose names are used in the place of real owners who want to hide their identities as beneficiaries of companies. Proxies often do this for a fee, but sometimes they are victims of identity theft and don’t even know they are directors. OCCRP tried to reach Zosciuc but he did not answer his phone.

Publika’s ownership is even more complex than that, and troubling.

http://www.reportingproject.net/occrp/index.php/en/ccwatch/cc-watch-indepth/1592-taylor-network-back-in-business