I agree that the FAA are very strict on paperwork - however that seems to be confined mainly within its own shores. A good example of something slipping through the FAA net in the first instance is the Seneca V thread
http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-fl...a-v-crash.html
I have also seen first hand, FAA annuals completed in England (on paper) where the engineer was at the time several thousand miles away!!!