Tvind is the informal name of a confederation of private schools, humanitarian organizations, and businesses, founded as an alternative education school in Denmark circa 1970. The organization is controversial in Denmark, where it runs a number of schools primarily for troubled youth. Some former students and employees have described the organization and its controlling body, the Teachers Group, as a political cult.[1][2]
Investigations by journalists and law-enforcement agencies have suggested the presence of an extensive money-laundering network within the group's commercial and non-profit ventures,[1] wherein charitable funds are diverted to private businesses and individuals, including several of the group's leaders. In 2013, several of Tvind's senior members were sentenced in absentia to prison in Denmark for suspected tax evasion and embezzlement, after an earlier acquittal.[3] As of August 2016[update], the defendants, who are wanted by Interpol, are believed to be hiding in Mexico.[2]
- ^ a b Henley, Paul (21 March 2002). "Denmark's Tvind". BBC News.
- ^ a b Meisel, Anna; Cox, Simon (2 August 2016). "Teachers Group: The cult-like group linked to a charity that gets UK aid". BBC News. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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