Monrovia, May 13 -- In May last year, African Finch Logging Limited was established to trade timber and other forest products. The company is owned by Finch General Trading FZE, a UAE-based firm, according to its articles of incorporation and business registration certificate.

By Varney Kamara, with The DayLight

But African Finch did not declare its beneficial owners, the human beings who own the company, based on its legal, and other official documents the DayLight obtained. This is a breach of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. The 2023 regulation requires companies to register their beneficial owners as a way of combating money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist financing. The DayLight has written the Liberia Business Registry...