Stefanie Ostfeld : Members of shell companies can donate to politicans anonymously . Shell : Shell companies use people to disguise names , assets to make money . After he was extradited to the U.S. last year , Attorney General Eric Holder said , `` Long considered one of the world 's most prolific arms traffickers , Bout will appear in federal court in Manhattan to answer charges of conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to a terrorist organization for use in trying to kill Americans . Shell companies provide money to corrupt regimes , criminals , gun runners , she says . A proposed law would require ultimate criminals to name themselves , she writes .
Stefanie Ostfeld : Members of shell companies can donate to politicans anonymously . Shell : Shell companies use people to disguise names , assets to make money . Shell companies provide money to corrupt regimes , criminals , gun runners , she says . A proposed law would require ultimate criminals to name themselves , she writes .