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The top leadership
Charged with fraud
in Denmark go
Charged with money laundering in Belgium
go
Other TG members and associates
go
The top leadership
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
The top leadership
Charged with fraud
in Denmark go
Charged with money laundering in Belgium
go
Other TG members and associates
go
The top leadership
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
Charged with fraud
in Denmark go
Charged with money laundering in Belgium
go
Other TG members and associates
go
The top leadership
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
The top leadership
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
The top leadership
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
TG leaders charged
with fraud in Denmark
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
©
Jyllands-Posten
Founder, inspiration and alleged chief beneficiary of the Tvind empire. As
a 60s radical, Amdi founded the first alternative school (Travelling
Folk High School) in 1970 and DNS (The Necessary Seminary) in 1972.
According to friends he became increasingly concerned about his personal
safety, believing he was the target of Danish assassination squads. In
1979 he went underground. Police contend he continued to inspire and run
the Tvind organisation at arm's length and in secret, living abroad. In
2001 he was found to be living in a multi-million dollar luxury
apartment in Miami and in 2002 he was arrested on an Interpol warrant in
Los Angeles.
Charged
for fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution
on account of 25 million euros (25 million dollars) involving Tvind's
Humanitarian Fund.
©
Politiken
Danish. Female. Amdi's driver, most loyal supporter, partner and
girlfriend over 30 years. According to friends, Amdi Petersen and
Kirsten Larsen worked so closely together their messages were signed
simply 'KLAP' (Kirsten Larsen Amdi Petersen). With Amdi, is alleged to
have formed the supposed 'distribution group' that assigned all Tvind
Teachers Group members to their responsibilities. With him in the United States when he
was picked up by the FBI in February 2002, and attended recent court
hearings.
Also
charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Poul
Joergensen
©
Politiken
Danish. Male. Married and has a son. Amdi's senior lieutenant and public
mouthpiece. One of the few senior Tvind members to marry and have any
kind of public profile or visibility - for many years unofficial Tvind
'spokesman'. According to one journalist 'always on planes, in offices
and meetings and in hotels'. May be legally trained. According to a
former TG member, 'good at taking care of legal matters such as real
estate transactions and starting trusts.' Believed to have been handed
day to day control of Teachers Group and DNS affairs from around 1978,
just prior to Amdi's 'disappearing act'.
Chairman of many of Tvind's
most important financial institutions, and a board member of the
Humanitarian Fund (removed by Danish authorities, 2002). Wife, Dorthe,
is considered a member of the Teachers Group and believed to be
running Tvind affairs in Poland.
Charged with fraud and
tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Bodil
Ross Sørensen
Danish.
Female. Amdi Petersen's 'second-in-command'. One of the first members of
the Teachers Group from the early 1970s. Head of Tvind's schools branch.
Said to 'operate closely with Amdi Petersen in
ruling the entire school development in Denmark and abroad. Also described
by one TG member as being like one of Tvind's main 'political
commissars', ensuring
ideological correctness.
Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecutor.
Marlene Gunst
Danish. Female. Another very senior 'second-in-command' supporter of Amdi
and long-time member of the Teachers Group. With Ruth Sejeroe Olsen, she
has been on the board of up to eight Tvind companies. Worked to restore
Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998 after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Sejeroe Olsen, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked Gunst and Sejeroe Olsen down to mailbox addresses
(539 and 557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London SW7. A sister, Bolette Gunst, is also believed
to be in the Teachers Group.
Marlene
Gunst
is charged with fraud and tax
evasion by Danish prosecution
and with money
laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Ruth
Sejeroe Olsen
Danish. Female. Senior 'second-in-command' level member of the Teachers
Group. Accountant and leading member in the Handelskontoret (trade
office) and Tvind management group during the 1970s, charged with
overseeing the profitability of Tvind financial affairs. Known to have
been on the board of up to eight Danish-registered Tvind companies. She
is believed to have been associated with clothing plants in Casablanca,
Morocco. Possibly involved with Jersey-registered Argyll Smith
(property) and Gibraltar-registered Holland House (used clothes). She
was secretary and director, Rookbridge Commercial Ltd, from 1993 (UK -
dissolved 1997). Worked to restore Tvind schools in Denmark in 1998
after government tried to close them.
In May 2001, along with Amdi Petersen and Marlene Gunst, she informed
the Danish authorities that she was 'emigrating' to Britain, where she
is now officially resident. In 2002, the Danish newspaper Fyens
Stiftstidende tracked her and Gunst down to mailbox addresses ( 539 and
557) at an accommodation address/mailbox shop at 56 Gloucester Road,
Kensington, London SW7. Charged
with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
Kirsten
Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps)
Danish. Female. Lawyer, described as one of Tvind's 'international
business leaders'. One of Amdi's most trusted seconds-in-command and
long time Teachers Group member. Trained as a lawyer with an address in
Holland. A student at DRH and DNS in the 1970s, she was a co-founder of
Faelleseje in 1997. She is believed to have been a manager of CCTT, a
French-Moroccan clothing enterprise, in the 1990s. In 1992 she changed
her name from Christie Pipps to Kirsten Fuglsbjerg and officially moved
to Britain (Fuglsbjerg and Pipps mean roughly the same thing in Danish -
'little bird')
In 1994, as a Tvind lawyer, she was a main signatory when Tvind bought
the Floresta Atlantica ranch in Brazil from Shell for $9 million. The
following year she became one of the founders of a
company registered in the tax-haven Isle of Man that controls
several businesses in China.
Believed to have been in charge of Argyll Smith
(Jersey, property) and, with Ruth Sejeroe Olsen.
Charged
with fraud
and breach of trust by Danish prosecutors and money laundering by
Belgian prosecutors.
Sten
Byrner
Danish. Male. According to Danish police, 'centrally placed' in Tvind in
the years 1987-92. Described as a 'financial director'. It is believed
he was at one time president of BB Shipping in the Cayman Islands,
associated with the One World Institute in Norway and company director
and secretary of Mt Lezard Estate Ltd (UK - a company managing property
in St Lucia). In 2000 he was running a bookshop (or publisher?) in
Denmark called "forlaget HansGDal", which also uses the name
and Internet address 'One World'. Not known if he is still associated
with the Teachers Group.
Charged with fraud and tax evasion by Danish prosecution.
TG members charged with money laundering in Belgium:
Flemming
Gustaffson
Danish. Male. Described as a 'trade manager', currently resident in
Amsterdam, Holland. Currently involved with Tvind's clothes trading
company ConMore BV in Maarssen, Holland. Among the Anglo-Dutch group of
Tvind companies he is known to have been associated with: Customlong
Agencies (a UK furniture company - shareholder) which was later
renamed Agence Notre Dame (a director); and a Dutch subsidiary
Procurement White Hall Enterprises (unspecified trading - director). He
had also been director of Textile Transformation EC Trading (used
clothes, Holland) before it went bankrupt in 2000 owing £1.4 million.
He is believed to be associated with Humana in Holland.
He is also thought to have been involved with other companies in Hong
Kong. Dutch tax-police was trying to get hold of Gustaffson in 1998-1999
because the Hungarian authorities suspected him of tax-evasion in
relation to Textile Transformation EC Trading. According to a former
employee of EC Trading Gustaffson then fled head over heels from
Boedapest (Hungary) to Nairobi (Kenia) with TG-member Birgit Dinesen-Jensen
with whom he now runs the Tvind-textile company ConMore BV. ConMore BV
is trading with Humana Holland and the other Humana organisations in
Europe.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Anne
Hansen
Danish. Female. Long-time member of Teachers Group and confidant of Amdi
Petersen. Considered to be very senior in handling Tvind finances. Like
Kirsten Fuglsbjerg (Christie Pipps), was a signatory of the Floresta
Atlantica deal in Brazil in 1994.
Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Krohn
Danish. Female. A high ranking member of the inner circle of the Teachers
Group, extremely loyal to Amdi.. Believed to have attended DRH in 1978
and joined the Teachers Group in 1980. In the 80s and 90s Birgitte Krohn
was a kind of aide to Amdi, cooking his meals according to a special
diet. Known to have visited the Floryl (Floresta Atlantica) ranch in
Brazil during the 1990s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Else
Jensen
Danish. Female. Described as a kind of Tvind 'political commissar' during
the 1970s. Charged
with money laundering by Belgian prosecutor.
Birgitte
Ring
Charged with money laundering by Belgian police.
Joop
Nagel
Dutch. Male. Teachers Group member from the 1970s, formerly Amdi
Petersen's bodyguard. In the late 1970s Joop Nagel, once a painter, was
sent to Belgium to buy anti-bugging equipment and anti-bomb security
devices, to protect Amdi Petersen. It is not known what companies he has
been associated with. He's also mentioned in the case summary of the
Danish police against top-members of Tvind.
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