Ghost companies: key pieces in corruption

In the world of public procurement in Mexico, billions of pesos have disappeared through large networks of front companies. In recent decades, these vehicles of corruption and fraud have served to divert resources destined for the functioning of government and essential public services, and have enriched an elite in the shadow through carefully orchestrated schemes. The EFOS or Companies that bill Simulated Operations, also known as ghost compan…

These organizations act as networks, operate as real economic cartels and receive large sums of money from the government without delivering in return the committed services.