Gaia Movement USA
2006 report exposes Tvind’s northern California operations
A hard-hitting 2006 investigation by San Francisco’s CBS 5 News exposes ‘Gaia Movement USA’, a used clothing collector then active in the Bay Area, and a related ‘volunteer training school’ called Campus California.
read moreNews: Planet Aid’s 2014 revenue was $48 million
48 MILLION DOLLARS. That was the total 2014 operating revenue for Planet Aid, one of the Tvind’s five used clothes collecting companies in the US. Yes, you read that right: $48 million
read moreHow the Teachers Group profits from used clothes
The Teachers Group is possibly the world’s largest collector of used clothing. But where do the millions in profits from these operations end up? Our research strongly suggests that a large percentage of it goes into the TG’s offshore accounts. Then it’s used to buy property or invest in business. Like organised financial criminals, the TG has invested in ‘legitimate business’ to disguise the source of its wealth.
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