According to the OCCRP, in 2009 Ahli created shell companies in Dubai and Mauritius that acted as middlemen between Adani and its vendors.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/india-adani-shell-companies-middlemen-manipulate-group-stocks

Brands usually have little recourse on which of these middlemen to sell into if they want to be sold by a given retailer.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/01/08/grocery-supply-chains-understanding-why-eggs-cost-what-they-cost_partner/

Firstly, our national food supply shouldn't be governed by the whims of the Fuso truck-driving middlemen.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202302080044.html

For a long time, we have been told that the government is working to purge out middlemen from the AIP system.

Source: https://www.malawivoice.com/2023/01/19/nankhumwa-tells-govt-to-stop-collecting-money-from-farmers-in-absence-of-aip-fertilizer/

In addition to major corporations, middlemen like Marc Morales have also been profiting handsomely from wars in countries including Ukraine.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/huge-groupers-the-joy-of-florida-divers-are-now-vulnerable-2665532844/

Since then, though, the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels have cut out the middlemen, making their own fentanyl powder and pills with raw materials from China and India.

Source: https://theweek.com/drugs/1020651/the-fentanyl-scourge

The cash buyers and middlemen are a blight on the industry until they change.

Source: https://centralrecorder.com/in-the-haunting-graveyard-of-a-ship-where-ships-rot-in-horrific-conditions-and-childrenslaves-break-them-by-hand/

The crisis is advantaging middlemen who are selling a litre of petrol at between K4 000 and K6 000 on the black market.

Source: https://mwnation.com/no-end-in-sight-for-fuel-crisis/

“These big emitters can pass on the cost of the permits to their customers in the Global South, displace farmers and indigenous communities, enrich speculators and middlemen and continue polluting while offering crumbs as climate finance.”

Source: https://mwnation.com/african-campaignersquery-carbon-markets/