Ciaba Ltd was a company registered in the British Virgin Islands of which Arzu Aliyeva was a shareholder from 2006 to 2009.[755] [536] [756] [812] During that time, the company acquired a $7.3 million property in Bucharest, Romania.[536] [756] [542] In 2012, Azerbaijani businessman Gafar Gurbanov was a director of the company.[755] [536] [756] Gurbanov, a former official at the Azerbaijan tax ministry,[521] is part of a network of businessmen who have managed offshore companies that bought and sold properties on behalf of Azerbaijan’s first family.[536] [521] Gurbanov is the chief executive of the Triangle Group,[642] a London-based real estate investor and family office manager.[539] The company was struck off the register in 2017.[474] [475] [812]