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Amdi Petersen arrested in Los Angeles - click here
On April 25th 2001 Danish police raided eight Tvind addresses, including schools, apparently looking for evidence of fraud and tax evasion. Tvind has portrayed this as heavy-handed victimisation and an act of political repression and spite by the Danish state. However seven leaders of the Tvind movement have been charged, court hearings are taking place, an extensive police investigation is under way and it seems likely that full charges will follow next year.
The seven are:
Amdi Petersen. Just arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles and being extradited to Denmark
Poul Joergensen. Questioned by police and has made court appearances
Bodil Ross Soerensen
Kirsten Larsen
Malene Gunst
Ruth Sejeroe Olsen
Steen Byrner
(charges against Eva Vestergaard were dropped on 8th February 2002, and the last four more names added)
The charges relate to the Humanitarian Foundation, a Tvind financial fund, and the use of some 75million Danish kroner (Dkr) - approximately 6m. The official purpose of the foundation was to support scientific research, the environment and humanitarian causes.
Amdi Petersen was not a member of the board, but the police are trying to prove that he had influence to a degree that de facto qualifies him as a member or even a chairman. Eva Vestergaard was not a board member either. The members were: Bodil Ross Soerensen, Bolette Gunst, Steen Conradsen, Finn Joergensen and Poul Joergensen.
Since preliminary charges ("sigtelse" - grounds for police investigation) were made, all the board members have been removed by the authorities and the Humanitarian Foundation is no longer run by Tvind.
Among the key prosecution witnesses will be Hans le Cour, a former member of the Teachers Group now living in New Zealand. Tvind has refused to cooperate with the police. In August, encryption on Tvind computers was broken and police have since been reading messages and instructions said to have been sent by Amdi himself. It is thought likely that the final police charges could extend well beyond the Humanitarian Foundation into other Tvind financial funds such as Faelleseje, and to many more millions of kroner.
Since the investigation began, Amdi Petersen is reported to have announced that Tvind will 'leave Denmark' within a couple of years, and many of its properties in Denmark are up for sale.
The police investigation is being conducted by Holstebro Police, led by Jens Kaasgaard.
Some news highlights:
Today a Danish government institution, Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen, decided to start a fullscale investigation of the three principal Tvind-foundations in Denmark. It's Tvinds commercial foundations called Flleseje, Estate and Thomas Brocklebank. These three foundations owns nearly all Tvinds buildings, ships, cars, computers and whatever in Denmark - the foundations that way has values for at least 300 million Danish Kroner, probably more. The government institution suspect the TG-leadership of the foundations to have run business like in the humanitarian foundation. It means giving money to themselves - directed by Amdi Petersen. The investigation shall be finished at latest by the end of this year. In the meantime the foundations is not allowed to make larger economic transactions.
Feb 8th, 2002: New charges.
Police have given up charging Eva Vestergaard but added 4 more people
to their list of suspects: The seven suspects are: Poul Jrgensen,
Amdi Petersen, Bodil Ross Soerensen, Kirsten Larsen, Malene Gunst,
Ruth Sejeroe Olsen and Steen Byrner. (according to Jyllands-Posten,
Feb. 8th)
August 7th: Computer codes
broken. The German encryption program Safeguard
Easy has been broken by the Danish police. Today the police from the
city Holstebro in Jutland presented evidence in court, that was provided
after breaking the encryption on five out of sixteen computers that
where seized April 25 this year. Full
story.
August 7th:
Miami Police raid Tvind in US Latest Danish
news on Miami Police raiding Tvind accounts in Miami City Bank as
requested by Danish Police claiming tax fraud of 73 million Danish
Kroner:
Se artiklen Tvinds bank i Miami ransaget p http://www.berlingske.dk/artikel:aid=112358
www.berlingske.dk - nyheder fra morgen til aften.
August 6th: Tvind's big three foundations may be liquidated: According to the Danish newspaper JydskeVestkysten, as quoted by Danish State Televison (DR-TV) teletext of this morning, the three central Danish Tvind foundations (Flleseje, Estate and Thomas Brocklebank) risk being terminated by the Danish authority Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen for failing to hand over their accounts for 2000. Deadline was July 1st, 2001. No explanation has been given by Tvind. The three foundations own the Danish Tvind ships, schools and real estate.
JydskeVestkysten can be found at http://www.jydskevestkysten.dk/
Their features on Tvind can be found at http://www.jv.dk/tema_oversigt.asp?type=Tvind
July 21st: Update. It seems like the police are lining up witnesses: for instance a top adviser to the Danish ministry for Inland Revenue, a professor Aage Michelsen, has to explain to the police why he at the same time helped the Tvind Trust Foundation and Steen Byrner a TG (maybe ex TG) member, will be forced to witness and explain how about 500.000 $ have landed in his bank account.
Poul Joergensen and the entire board of the Trust Foundation in question were sacked by Civilretsdirektoratet (an institution in the Home Office) and a new board appointed. Poul Joergensen tried to steal a revealing document during a meeting in the Home Office. The Police have not succeeded in decoding the encrypted material from the confiscated computers, Safeguard and PGP.
The police have about 80 big boxes with material from the raid in April and people from the Civilretsdirektorat will start examining them and the other commercial foundations of Tvind, which own buildings, ships and have a net capital of 120 million Danish crowns. The board of these foundations are identical with the sacked board of the Humanitarian Foundation and the auditor, Erik Roemer Jensen from Odense in Denmark, has been fined 100.000 Danish crowns by a audit tribunal for neglecting his duties as the Tvind auditor through 25 years. [BR, Denmark]
July 7, 2001: Tax law expert questioned. Aage Michelsen, professor of tax law at the University of Aarhus and advisor to the government, is being questioned by the police. He was a paid consultant to Poul Jrgensen and the Tvind foundation now being investigated for fraud. The police want information on his business relations with the foundation and they also want to know if he can be made liable for the illegal administration of the foundation. (Berlingske Tidende)
June 29th, 2001: Stolen document. The police have new ammunition in their struggle to prove fraud and breach of trust for 70 million kroner in Tvind's humanitarian fund. A document that Poul Jorgensen stole during a meeting with the Civil Courts for a few days ago can prove to be very damaging for Tvind. [Note: The document that was stolen by the ex-chairman during a meeting with the Civil Court, contains extremely damaging information about the suspected fraudulent fund.] full Berlingske Tidende story
June 26th: Tvind board thrown out. Latest news: The Danish authorities has forced the board in the fraud-suspected 75 million Danish kroner humanitarian fund to resign. Or more correct: The board with Poul Jrgensen as chairman has been thrown out. The state will name new members of the board - people who have nothing to do with Tvind.
3rd June 2001: Breaking news: Mogens Amdi Petersen and two other Tvind leaders have fled Denmark and emigrated to Britain - Jyllands-Posten newspaper reports. Danish tax experts say Petersen is probably trying to escape prosecution for tax evasion as British law on fraud and breach of trust is weaker. Danish police have announced preliminary tax evasion and fraud charges against Petersen and three others following police raids in April. Full story
[more on Amdi] [more on police raids]
3rd June 2001
Read the newspaper Jyllands-Posten today. Amdi Petersen, Bodil Ross Srensen and Eva Vestergaard have informed the Danish authorities, that the have left Denmark to live in Great Britain. The did not give their new address in Britain. Officially - although he never lived there - Amdi Petersen was registered on the address Skorkrvej 8 in Ulfborg-Vemb, where the big schoolcenter is located. Skorkrvej 8 is the official address for a lot of top-people from Teachers Group. Amdi and the the women are - together with Tvind-spoekeman Poul Jrgensen - the official target for the police investigation on tax-farud for 75 million kroner. Regards
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Jyllands-Posten, Denmark, 3 June 2001
By Orla Borg
Tvind kingpin, Mogens Amdi Petersen, along with two
other Tvind leaders has very recently moved to an
unknown address in Great Britain. (A) tax expert
believes that the Tvind head is fleeing possible
punishment from current legal proceedings regarding
tax fraud and abuse of trust.
A few days ago, Tvind leader, Mogens Amdi Petersen
officially emigrated from Denmark. full
story
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May 21st: Jyllands-Posten (A short summary) No bananas are sold today from Belize in the supermarkets of 'Dansk Supermarked' in Denmark. The police is investigating the involvement of Tvind's Humanitarien Foundation giving support to objects that has nothing to do with the goal-clauses of the foundation.
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May 20th: (Jyllands-Posten) (Short summary) The police is investigating whether 'Tvind' has committed tax-fraud for up to 75 million DK kroner, which comes from their humanitarien foundation. 'Jyllands-Posten' has tried to follow some of the money, one million dollars, which Tvind wanted to give to a project in Belize in Middle-America. The authorities in Belize declined the offer as they suspected that Tvind was only giving the money to itself through Sren Srensen, who is member of the teacher-group of 'Tvind'.
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May 19th 2001: A short translated summary of a Danish article in Jyllands-Posten,
----------------- A Special Labour Union in Denmark accuses Tvind of misusing their workers in the poor third world country Belize and are about to boycot the bananas, because the importer trades with Tvind. At the same time Tvind has tried to transfer 1 million dollars from their humanitarian foundation to a Danish farmer in Belize, who is connected to Tvind. (The article further tells how a lot of plantations in Belize are owned by farmers, who are members of Tvind and how they don't pay the their workers their deserved salaries and also prevent them, with treats of being expelled, to organise themselves in any kind of union.) ----------------
http://www.jp.dk/dbp/internetavisen/indland/artikel&art_id=3346415
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May 19th 2001: Hello everybody, Jyllands posten writes today: -- Fagforening angriber Tvind -- Indland: Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark anklager Tvind for at udbytte arbejdere i det fattige uland, Belize, og er tt p at opfordre til boykot af bananer, fordi importren handler med Tvind. http://www.jp.dk/dbp/internetavisen/indland/artikel&art_id=3346415
Wich means something like: Union in Dk accusing Tvind of exploiting workers in Belize in banana plantations - they are close to recommend boycott of bananas from certain importer (Irish firm). The article also links the police investigation against Tvind for tax fraud with the plantations and nature reservations in Belize, because Tvind had plans for "donatting 1 mill kr to a nature preservation project, which actually was refused by govt. in Belize.
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Wednesday April 25, 2001. At 9am today, Danish police launched a simultaneous raid against several of the schools in Denmark as well as the headquarters in Grindsted. The aim of the operation is to find evidence for alleged tax fraud carried out by the organization, and for cases against Mogens Amdi Petersen and Poul Joergensen. Jyllands-Posten story In Danish In English
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May 20th: (Jyllands-Posten) (Short summary) The police is investigating whether 'Tvind' has committed tax-fraud for up to 75 million DK kroner, which comes from their humanitarien foundation. 'Jyllands-Posten' has tried to follow some of the money, one million dollars, which Tvind wanted to give to a project in Belize in Middle-America. The authorities in Belize declined the offer as they suspected that Tvind was only giving the money to itself through Sren Srensen, who is member of the teacher-group of 'Tvind'. See Belize Banana Boycott page
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Wed, 9 May 2001 Court in Viborg, Denmark rules recent police action legal and justified.____________________________________________
Cult-like groups offices raided by police The headquarters and many sister schools had their offices raided by police in a major fraud investigation Pioneer Press, Fort Jones, CA, Wednesday, May 9, 2001 by Daniel Webster
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Tuesday May 1st - Comments by Tvind Alert reader
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Encryption of Tvind computers
Monday, April 30th - Comments by Tvind Alert reader: "in spite of all the efforts made by a big police force, I think Tvind has still a possibility of escaping. They are smart, very smart, also using all their international "hiding holes". Right now, as I expected as to my knowledge about how Tvind hide information by using encryption of newest edition of not just internet messages but also ALL information saved on their hard disks - the police cannot break that information.
Again, the Danes may face that the State is not strong enough, opposing a parasite as Tvind. It is alarming. In fact, all Tvind activities ought be considered alarming by people defending democracy. I hope the Danish police are well off, using their international network.
Well, for instance, as to the "simple" thing as data protection, back in 1995 I installed in my computer, as to directions by Tvind, an encryption system of a standard that was at that time not permitted by US authorities. To break down the encryption, two PC's of 386-type as twins would have to operate at least 6 months for breaking the code. So, how are Tvind's systems today? And, above all: Why the hell is it necessary for a charitable and educational institution to hide things to that extent?? Well, there can, of course, be given only one answer. I understand companies like for instance a Danish windmill factory will hide its patents etc., - but a corporation of schools, charities????
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Thursday April 27th, Berliner Zeitung Grossrazzia in Daenemark gegen Tvind-Humana Sektenartiger Konzern des Steuerbetrugs verdaechtigt Berliner Zeitung, Auf Frank Nordhausen KOPENHAGEN, 26. April. Eine der groessten Operationen in der Nachkriegsgeschichte Daenemarks fuehren Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft derzeit gegen den so genannten Tvind-Humana-Konzern durch....... Full story in German
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RYSTET POUL JRGENSEN: DET ER VANVID Det var en dybt rystet Poul Jrgensen, talsmand for Tvind imperiet, om kort fr midnat forlod Holstebro politigrd efter prsentation af en sigtelse for mandatsvig og skattesvig til 75 millioner kroner. Sammen med Tvind Imperiets guru Amdi Pedersen er ogs sigtet to andre unavngivne topfolk i den store koncern, der stort set lever af spekulationer omkring skattekroner. http://www.bt.dk/Forside.pl?aid=51245
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Translation of Danish article at http://www.politiken.dk/nsf/henvis.asp?PageID=157977
26 April 2001
Charges filed against Tvind-boss for tax fraud. 50 police officers raided Tuesday the school-community Tvind and have seized also material on 8 other locations throughout Denmark. Tvind boss Poul Jrgensen got apprehended when he showed up for a intoriagion in the police station of Holstebro because of charges filed against him for tax fraud. According to information of the 'Politiken' [this newspaper] also the founder, Mogens Amdi Petersen is being charged.
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"sigte" means that the police as public prosecutor suspect them of a crime. They will then investigate in order to establish a formal charge that in a not very near future will be brought before a criminal court.
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This morning the 26 of april 2001 the Danish Radio reported that Poul Jrgensen was released late last night and that he is considering to appeal the courts decision of search to the High Court. The radio confirms that Amdi Petersen is among the persons charged with fraud etc.
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25.4.01. I have just checked Berlingske Tidende from tomorrow and they know that Poul Jrgensen was arrested today and has been interrogated all day except from a trip to Grindsted where he should break some codes in computers in order for the police to gain access. The police chief of Holstebro says that there might come some international arrest orders
Wednesday April 25, 2001. At 9am today, Danish police launched a simultaneous raid against several of the schools in Denmark as well as the headquarters in Grindsted. The aim of the operation is to find evidence for alleged tax fraud carried out by the organization, and for cases against Mogens Amdi Petersen and Poul Joergensen. Jyllands-Posten story In Danish In English
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May 20th: (Jyllands-Posten) (Short summary) The police is investigating whether 'Tvind' has committed tax-fraud for up to 75 million DK kroner, which comes from their humanitarien foundation. 'Jyllands-Posten' has tried to follow some of the money, one million dollars, which Tvind wanted to give to a project in Belize in Middle-America. The authorities in Belize declined the offer as they suspected that Tvind was only giving the money to itself through Sren Srensen, who is member of the teacher-group of 'Tvind'. See Belize Banana Boycott page
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Cult-like groups offices raided by police The headquarters and many sister schools had their offices raided by police in a major fraud investigation Pioneer Press, Fort Jones, CA, Wednesday, May 9, 2001 by Daniel Webster
Tuesday May 1st - Comments by Tvind Alert reader
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Monday, April 30th - Comments by Tvind Alert reader: "in spite of all the efforts made by a big police force, I think Tvind has still a possibility of escaping. They are smart, very smart, also using all their international "hiding holes". Right now, as I expected as to my knowledge about how Tvind hide information by using encryption of newest edition of not just internet messages but also ALL information saved on their hard disks - the police cannot break that information.
Again, the Danes may face that the State is not strong enough, opposing a parasite as Tvind. It is alarming. In fact, all Tvind activities ought be considered alarming by people defending democracy. I hope the Danish police are well off, using their international network.
Well, for instance, as to the "simple" thing as data protection, back in 1995 I installed in my computer, as to directions by Tvind, an encryption system of a standard that was at that time not permitted by US authorities. To break down the encryption, two PC's of 386-type as twins would have to operate at least 6 months for breaking the code. So, how are Tvind's systems today? And, above all: Why the hell is it necessary for a charitable and educational institution to hide things to that extent?? Well, there can, of course, be given only one answer. I understand companies like for instance a Danish windmill factory will hide its patents etc., - but a corporation of schools, charities????
Thursday April 27th, Berliner Zeitung Grossrazzia in Daenemark gegen Tvind-Humana Sektenartiger Konzern des Steuerbetrugs verdaechtigt Berliner Zeitung, Auf Frank Nordhausen KOPENHAGEN, 26. April. Eine der groessten Operationen in der Nachkriegsgeschichte Daenemarks fuehren Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft derzeit gegen den so genannten Tvind-Humana-Konzern durch....... Full story in German
RYSTET POUL JRGENSEN: DET ER VANVID Det var en dybt rystet Poul Jrgensen, talsmand for Tvind imperiet, om kort fr midnat forlod Holstebro politigrd efter prsentation af en sigtelse for mandatsvig og skattesvig til 75 millioner kroner. Sammen med Tvind Imperiets guru Amdi Pedersen er ogs sigtet to andre unavngivne topfolk i den store koncern, der stort set lever af spekulationer omkring skattekroner. http://www.bt.dk/Forside.pl?aid=51245
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Translation of Danish article at http://www.politiken.dk/nsf/henvis.asp?PageID=157977
26 April 2001
Charges filed against Tvind-boss for tax fraud. 50 police officers raided Tuesday the school-community Tvind and have seized also material on 8 other locations throughout Denmark. Tvind boss Poul Jrgensen got apprehended when he showed up for a intoriagion in the police station of Holstebro because of charges filed against him for tax fraud. According to information of the 'Politiken' [this newspaper] also the founder, Mogens Amdi Petersen is being charged.
"sigte" means that the police as public prosecutor suspect them of a crime. They will then investigate in order to establish a formal charge that in a not very near future will be brought before a criminal court.
This morning the 26 of april 2001 the Danish Radio reported that Poul Jrgensen was released late last night and that he is considering to appeal the courts decision of search to the High Court. The radio confirms that Amdi Petersen is among the persons charged with fraud etc.
25.4.01. I have just checked Berlingske Tidende from tomorrow and they know that Poul Jrgensen was arrested today and has been interrogated all day except from a trip to Grindsted where he should break some codes in computers in order for the police to gain access. The police chief of Holstebro says that there might come some international arrest orders
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