Why This Site Exists
TvindAlert.com went dark in November 2022 because its lead editor, Wade Larsen, died unexpectedly nine days before the domain expired. For over three years, 21 years of investigative journalism simply vanished from the internet.
Founded by British journalist Michael Durham and Danish journalist Frede Jakobsen in 2001, TvindAlert spent two decades documenting what they believed was a global network operating under the guise of charitable work.
Wade Larsen — a window washer from Washington who taught himself Danish — kept the site alive through volunteer work after the founders retired in 2017. When he died at age 59, the site went with him.
In March 2026, the domain was re-registered. This restoration preserves Durham and Jakobsen's investigative work and continues the reporting Wade Larsen died maintaining.
Read the complete restoration story