Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: In 2007, an employee of Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling Barzani family wrote to a U.S. lawyer with a problem. Two Barzani brothers had bought properties in the U.S. — but they were concerned that this information was public. So the lawyer looked to the Pirates of the Caribbean.

In 2007, an employee of Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling Barzani family wrote to a U.S. lawyer with a problem. Two Barzani brothers had bought properties in the U.S. — but they were concerned that this information was public. So the lawyer looked to the Pirates of the Caribbean.