offshore companies' owners

This is not a secret what the offshore companies are bought and used for: for the reduction of tax burden in the host country of business dealing. Everyone knows also that the tax institutions themselves are watching offshores and their owners very attentively. What will the owner of the offshore answer to this question of a policeman: what is the adress of your counterpart and what is its phone number, where 's its office etc.? So, having bought the non-resident company for $1500-2000, the reasonable and far-sighted proprietor will not stint on $50 for purchase of a phone number in the country where his offshore company is registered. A direct phone number in particular, not a poor virtual office with a simple voicemail.