I took a closer look at the maze of shell companies that helped deliver thousands of booby-trapped pagers to Hezbollah. From Taiwan to Norway, via Hungary and Bulgaria, this short itinerary led me through many companies with nebulous activities and way too many phones ringing unanswered.

Companies behind exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah members difficult to trace

A week after thousands of pagers exploded in Lebanon, several front companies, from Hungary to Norway, are suspected of having played a role in this unprecedented operation.