The Architecture
How the Barzani family's financial system was layered for concealment
Layer 1: The Principals
Masrour
Mustafa
Waysi
Mansour
Muksi
Five sons of Masoud Barzani. No public ownership ties to entities below.
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Layer 2: Kurdish Conglomerates
Golden Eagle Global
Ster Group
"Wholly owned by a Barzani" · Described as "overseas company" in private cables.
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Layer 3: Offshore Vehicles · BVI
Jack Sparrow Co.
Edward Teague Co.
+ 3 others
Named after Pirates of the Caribbean characters. Assigned one per brother.
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Layer 4: U.S. Shell Companies · DE / VA
GEGI Management LLC
Multiple anonymous LLCs
"Keep their names off public records." Designed to avoid PEP due diligence.
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Final Layer: Assets & Operations
31 U.S. properties
$100m+ across 6 states
IMOCO (Belize)
Kurdish crude exports
Oil intermediaries
Lakhani · Vitol · Rosneft
Alleged Iran contracts
Sakhaei (NY court filing)
Sources: OCCRP/GAP (Oct 2025), U.S. State Dept cable, leaked correspondence