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Here we present, in one place, a comprehensive dossier of the most important information collected by this web site in the past three years. We believe it supports our call for an international inquiry into Tvind. If you know of information you think should be included here, please let us know. If you think we should investigate a different area, please tell us.
Revised February 2003
DENMARK: The story of the Humanitarian Fund
The
Danish court case. Amdi
Petersen and seven Teachers Group members are charged with fraud and
breach of trust over $24 million that was supposed to be spent on the
environment. 
go
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
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Here we present, in one place, a comprehensive dossier of the most important information collected by this web site in the past three years. We believe it supports our call for an international inquiry into Tvind. If you know of information you think should be included here, please let us know. If you think we should investigate a different area, please tell us.
Revised February 2003
DENMARK: The story of the Humanitarian Fund
The
Danish court case. Amdi
Petersen and seven Teachers Group members are charged with fraud and
breach of trust over $24 million that was supposed to be spent on the
environment. go
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
Here we present, in one place, a comprehensive dossier of the most important information collected by this web site in the past three years. We believe it supports our call for an international inquiry into Tvind. If you know of information you think should be included here, please let us know. If you think we should investigate a different area, please tell us.
Revised February 2003
DENMARK: The story of the Humanitarian Fund
The
Danish court case. Amdi
Petersen and seven Teachers Group members are charged with fraud and
breach of trust over $24 million that was supposed to be spent on the
environment. go
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
Revised February 2003
DENMARK: The story of the Humanitarian Fund
The
Danish court case. Amdi
Petersen and seven Teachers Group members are charged with fraud and
breach of trust over $24 million that was supposed to be spent on the
environment. go
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
DENMARK: The story of the Humanitarian Fund
The
Danish court case. Amdi
Petersen and seven Teachers Group members are charged with fraud and
breach of trust over $24 million that was supposed to be spent on the
environment. go
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
The
Danish court case. Amdi
Petersen and seven Teachers Group members are charged with fraud and
breach of trust over $24 million that was supposed to be spent on the
environment. go
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
BELGIUM: Eight accused of money laundering
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
Eight are accused of money laundering in connection with Humana in
Belgium. The case starts later this year. go
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
ENGLAND: Investigation into Winestead Hall School
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
Closed down in 1998 after a joint
investigation finds evidence of financial impropriety and low
professional standards. Shortly afterwards Steen Thomsen, the
headmaster, resigns and calls Tvind a cult. Now Winestead is being
investigated by officials again.
go
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
HOLLAND:
The strange bankruptcy of EC
Trading
This Tvind clothing clothing
company in Holland went bankrupt after several visits by Dutch tax
authorities on suspicion of tax evasion. Millions of dollars disappeared
into Tvind off shore companies based in the tax haven Jersey. go
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
ECUADOR AND BELIZE: Mistreatment
of agricultural
workers
Danish trade unions have started a campaign against Tvind's poor
treatment of workers at its fruit plantations in Belize and Ecuador,
Central America. The agricultural workers are very badly paid, not allowed to be
member of a workers union and suffer health problems because of
unprotected insecticide use - many of the workers have cancer.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
SWEDEN: UFF clothes recycling files for bankruptcy
HOLLAND: Secret memo reveals Teachers Group planned to circulate aid money back into TG accounts
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
Confidential Tvind-documents show how
the Teachers Group planned to transfer money from the clothes collecting
in Europe back into the Teachers Group in a slick way. Officially the
millions were to be spent on Humana 'development projects' in
Africa. go
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
HOLLAND:
Humana Holland being investigated by Dutch Central Bureau of Fundraising
(CBF)
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
UK: Green World
Recycling is not donating to environmental projects, but trading instead
with an offshore company - and linked to a Swiss bank
account
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
UNITED
STATES: The closure of Ake Pecha School, 1985
In 1985 employee Marianna Maver helped to shut
down Tvinds Ake Pecha School in Virginia (1984-1985) for mentally
disturbed teenagers. The court concluded that the pupils were
being treated bad, for instance they were being left behind a distance
from the school if they got out of control. Furthermore there was a lack
of safety and security in the school. Ake Pecha was closed down in May
1985. go
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
ENGLAND:
Humana is closed down by the Charity Commission for serious financial
irregularity, 1998
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
FRANCE: Humana France closes after the French tax authorities declare it's a business, not a charity, 1996. Humana is decalred a cult.
In the summer of 1985, after two and a half years in operation, the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate a child treatment facility was rescinded for substantial non-compliance with Virginia (US) State child welfare regulations.
Teacher's Group members working at International School Ake Pecha were expected, as part of their jobs, to leave the students for whom they were responsible, in order to go from door to door in cities like Richmond and Washington DC, to beg for money, used books and old clothing, "to help their school."
American employees at the International School Ake Pecha reported to the State of Virginia their suspicions that operating funds paid to the school by Virigina social services had been in large part diverted to the Traveling Folk School.
When the International School Ake Pecha was closed in 1985, Teacher's Group administrators of the school promised that they would continue to seek out locations to operate schools in the United States.
Shortly after the International School Ake Pecha's license to operate was rescinded, the Traveling Folk School, which held the mortgage on the International School property, defaulted on the mortgage. The property was put up for public auction.
Shortly after the Traveling Folk School left Virginia, the Teachers Group opened the Institute for International Cooperation and Development in Massachusetts.
At least two separate groups of former volunteers at IICD Massachusetts have filed formal complaints about IICD's misrepresentation of its programming with the State Attorney General's office.
During the winter of 2002, Development Instructors, who had paid upfront for training and accomodations at IICD Michigan, were left with no food, and no funds to purchase food, while they were expected to continue to raise funds.
During the winter of 2002, while Development Instructors were left with no food, IICD Michgan's Teachers Group staff flew to Denmark to participate in a Tvind conference in which the TG was presented with a new hot-air balloon.
In March of 2002, Development Instructor volunteers at IICD Michigan walked out en-mass after learning the programs for which they had paid to participate had been cancelled for lack of funds (Guatamala) or were in serious organizational trouble (Zambia).
When IICD Michigan volunteers demanded a refund of their program fees, IICD promised partial refunds, but issued bad checks.
Late in 2002, IICD Michigan, which had been operating as a "development college," filed an application to open a residential treatment facility for troubled youths at its location in Dowagiac, Michigan.
IICD Massachusetts, IICD Michigan and Planet Aid in the U.S., ostensibly distinct organizaitons with distinct purposes, boast an interchangable roster of Teachers Group board members, including Mikael Norling and Ester Neltrup of Planet Aid.
U'S Again, the for-profit clothing collections business based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Elgin, Illinois, and operated by the Teachers Group in a number of larger American cities, was named in the Danish indictment of Mogens Amdi Petersen.
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