Clothing donors duped

The Copenhagen Post (Denmark), Aug. 30, 2002
http://cphpost.periskop.dk/default.asp?id=24247

For over a decade, the controversial Tvind charity has promised that proceeds from sales of donated clothing are re-invested in the Third World. Profits are in fact re-routed to secret Tvind companies.

Under the guise of Third World aid, controversial educational charity Tvind has spent the last decade promising donors of used clothing throughout this country and the rest of Europe that their contribution is being used to benefit the poorest populations in the world.

But a report by daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende last Sunday found evidence to the contrary. Sources close to the Tvind organisation told the newspaper that Tvind has systematically embezzled hundreds of millions of kroner in proceeds from used clothing sales into its own companies.

The racket’s strategy is relatively simple: Tvind charity UFF (known abroad as Humana) sells donated clothing to its own secret subsidiaries at a tiny fraction of its actual value. This tiny sum is sent to Third World countries, whilst the Tvind subsidiaries send the appropriated clothes again to private dealers in Eastern Europe and turns a tidy profit. Over the past decade, the Tvind empire has earned millions at the expense of the world’s poor by this very strategy.
[...]

In response to the allegations about the Tvind clothing racket, retail supermarket chain Coop Danmark A/S (formerly known as FDB), which encompasses the SuperBrugsen, Kvickly, Irma, Fakta, and OBS chains, elected to remove all UFF clothing containers from its store parking lots.
[...]

The 150 UFF containers due for removal from Coop Danmark-owned parking lots are set to be replaced with clothing containers for the Red Cross.

Read Another Article

Muslim money management is hot topic at conference
Amdi can handle jail claim

Related News Articles Topic(s): Tvind Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Tvind Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog