---
title: "ESCO TRADING LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a148d10c-dfac-597b-86b4-0f9edd5d13fe
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a148d10c-dfac-597b-86b4-0f9edd5d13fe
identifier: icij:icijol-55023465
jurisdiction: MT
risk: Medium
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ESCO TRADING LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** MT  
**Identifier:** `icij:icijol-55023465`  
**Risk level:** Medium  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a148d10c-dfac-597b-86b4-0f9edd5d13fe  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a148d10c-dfac-597b-86b4-0f9edd5d13fe  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **FRANKLIN ENTERPRISES INC.** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e906d13f-84e3-51a2-b585-f0d2fb5d7688
- **MELINDA MANAGEMENT S.A.** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/386a62ab-9e4e-5a8f-b5ef-7e883d82bce1

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

A **4-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)

**3** 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/55023465

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ESCO TRADING LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a148d10c-dfac-597b-86b4-0f9edd5d13fe · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a148d10c-dfac-597b-86b4-0f9edd5d13fe._

_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"._