# Shell Companies on The No Agenda Show

Shell Companies comes up in 5 chapters across 5 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from August 2014 to January 2025.

- **Chapters:** 5
- **Episodes:** 5
- **Discussed:** August 2014 – January 2025
- **Related topics:** [60 Minutes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/60-minutes.md), [Commodore](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/commodore.md), [Corporations](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/corporations.md), [Counterintelligence](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/counterintelligence.md), [Delaware](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/delaware.md), [Democracy Now](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/democracy-now.md), [Hezbollah](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/hezbollah.md), [Intellectual Property](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/intellectual-property.md), [Joe Biden](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/joe-biden.md), [Market Manipulation](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/market-manipulation.md)

## Chapters 1–5 of 5

### Mossad Pager Plot, 60 Minutes Interview, Trojan Horse Operation

- **Episode:** [1726: The Fog](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1726-the-fog.md)
- **Published:** 2025-01-02
- **Time:** 2:10:37–2:15:42
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1726-the-fog/chapter/mossad-pager-plot-60-minutes-interview-trojan-horse-operation.md

A 60 Minutes report featured masked Mossad agents discussing the "pager plot," a decade-long operation that weaponized communication devices used by Hezbollah. The operation involved creating shell companies to infiltrate the supply chain and sell explosive-laden walkie-talkies and pagers to the group. Critics questioned the use of AI-altered voices and the timing of the broadcast as a potential propaganda message.

Keywords: [mossad](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mossad.md), [60 minutes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/60-minutes.md), [hezbollah](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/hezbollah.md), [pagers](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pagers.md), [walkie-talkies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/walkie-talkies.md), [counterintelligence](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/counterintelligence.md), [shell companies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/shell-companies.md)

### Biden Delaware Logic, Big Business Shell Companies

- **Episode:** [1401: Boost or Baste](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1401-boost-or-baste.md)
- **Published:** 2021-11-21
- **Time:** 1:48:35–1:50:55
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1401-boost-or-baste/chapter/biden-delaware-logic-big-business-shell-companies.md

During a speech, President Biden claimed to understand big business because Delaware has more corporations than "every other nation in the state combined." The hosts interpret this as a reference to Delaware's status as a corporate tax haven and a hub for shell companies, despite Biden's confusing phrasing.

Keywords: [joe biden](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/joe-biden.md), [delaware](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/delaware.md), big business, [corporations](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/corporations.md), [shell companies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/shell-companies.md), trickle down

### United States Tax Havens, Nevada Shell Companies

- **Episode:** [815: Political Perp Walk](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/815-political-perp-walk.md)
- **Published:** 2016-04-10
- **Time:** 15:43–19:19
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/815-political-perp-walk/chapter/united-states-tax-havens-nevada-shell-companies.md

Reports from Democracy Now! and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy highlight the role of the United States as a major tax haven. Mossack Fonseca reportedly set up over 1,000 shell companies within the U.S., with 600 located in Nevada. The analysis posits that major international banks, rather than individuals, are the primary clients of these offshore law firms.

Keywords: [nevada](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nevada.md), [shell companies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/shell-companies.md), [democracy now](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/democracy-now.md), tax justice, american banks

### Market Manipulation and Dry Testing Products

- **Episode:** [814: Produce & Pipelines](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/814-produce-pipelines.md)
- **Published:** 2016-04-07
- **Time:** 52:17–57:26
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/814-produce-pipelines/chapter/market-manipulation-and-dry-testing-products.md

The discussion turns to how shell companies are used to manipulate stock markets through "pump and dump" schemes. John C. Dvorak recalls how Commodore allegedly used "dry testing"—announcing products to gauge interest—to influence stock prices without committing to production.

Keywords: [market manipulation](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/market-manipulation.md), [commodore](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/commodore.md), jack tramiel, dry testing, [pump and dump](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pump-and-dump.md), [shell companies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/shell-companies.md)

### Dutch Tax Havens and the Yukos Arbitration Case

- **Episode:** [642: Walking Bear](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/642-walking-bear.md)
- **Published:** 2014-08-10
- **Time:** 2:50:52–2:53:53
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/642-walking-bear/chapter/dutch-tax-havens-and-the-yukos-arbitration-case.md

An analysis of the Netherlands' role as a global tax haven for intellectual property and holding companies. The segment details how the Dutch legal system and professional judges facilitate large-scale arbitration cases, such as the $50 billion Yukos ruling against Russia, while the Dutch government maintains deep energy partnerships with the Kremlin.

Keywords: [netherlands](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/netherlands.md), [tax haven](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/tax-haven.md), yukos, [shell companies](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/shell-companies.md), [intellectual property](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/intellectual-property.md)

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