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I didn't understand the Caribbean reference which led me down a pretty fun rabbit hole trying to figure out how that world works. Apparently it's fairly common to incorporate in British Virgin Islands (and a few others like Cayman islands, Bahamas, or Panama) for international companies.

I was sincerely asking about it because of privacy and not tax reasons though.



To clarify: Many countries allow "anonymous associations", which provide privacy and the side effect of enabling tax evasion.




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