compañía de fachada

Question

Hola
Estoy traduciendo un texto sobre el lavado de dinero y he encontrado el sintagma "compañía de fachada". Alguien me puede aydar con el significado.
Muchísimas gracias de antemano.

Answer 1

creo que pueda ser un "front company."
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_organization]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_organization

Answer 2

I just want to confirm Steve's suggestion as being correct. In normal usage, this is called just a "front," as in "the printing business is a front for a money laundering operation." We also say things like "'it's a cover operation for..."

Answer 3

James Santiago said:

I just want to confirm Steve's suggestion as being correct. In normal usage, this is called just a "front," as in "the printing business is a front for a money laundering operation." We also say things like "'it's a cover operation for..."

Thanks a lot James. I appreciate your help too

Answer 4

steve said:

creo que pueda ser un "front company." [[/url]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_organization]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_organization][1]

Thanks a million