---
title: "DIRECT IMPORTS AND DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/708e5ca2-63c1-5376-96d9-e63a7b5b9d5a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/708e5ca2-63c1-5376-96d9-e63a7b5b9d5a
identifier: icij:icijol-55013601
jurisdiction: MT
risk: High
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DIRECT IMPORTS AND DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** MT  
**Identifier:** `icij:icijol-55013601`  
**Risk level:** High  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/708e5ca2-63c1-5376-96d9-e63a7b5b9d5a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/708e5ca2-63c1-5376-96d9-e63a7b5b9d5a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **JOHN REFALO** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ea28fc98-7b65-5127-9ef1-8a3c12ed34e7
- **EDWARD REFALO** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1b9f016d-f2dd-5eb9-b024-0e1e1d0477e3

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **7-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Exposure (derived from the ownership graph)

**2** owners upstream in this entity's ownership/control chain are flagged — a sanctions hit or a secrecy jurisdiction — an investigative lead by resolved identity, not a legal determination. The contributing parties and the hop-by-hop path unlock with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Provenance

- ICIJ Offshore Leaks — https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/55013601

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DIRECT IMPORTS AND DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/708e5ca2-63c1-5376-96d9-e63a7b5b9d5a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/708e5ca2-63c1-5376-96d9-e63a7b5b9d5a._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._