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Money laundering probe into a wealthy businessman.

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An alleged money laundering probe into a wealthy businessman has been triggered …. following the collapse of companies connected to an Albany based project – the collapse involving $9 million in deposits owed to investors.

The money-laundering case against the businessman is linked to an alleged $129 million fraud. No criminal charges have been laid yet against the man, according to his lawyer, who said his client denies any wrongdoing.

Detectives raided the businessman’s luxury [Auckland Central] penthouse in August and seized at least $40 million of assets using the Criminal Proceeds Recovery law, which essentially forces someone to prove how an asset was paid for.

Full story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11341308

Name suppression for Auckland businessman and “pimp” on trial for sex exploitation

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The “wealthy Auckland businessman” faces 23 charges including disabling or stupefying, supplying Class A and Class B drugs, indecent assault, sexual violation, abduction, inducing or compelling a person to provide commercial sexual services and four counts of receiving commercial sexual services from a person under 18 years old. [Read more…]

Auckland business man & “pimp” charged for sex exploitation

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A Sunday Star Times Report published today was headlined “Text to high-flier” The subheading was the 17-year old pimp’s text message to the “wealthy Auckland businessman” which read– “I’ve got a girl to sell”

Summary: The 17-year-old girl acted as a “pimp” for the businessman – finding and enticing girls as young as 15 to have sex with him in return for drugs and cash, prosecutors say. The man in his late 50’s and the pimp, now aged 20, are on trial in the Auckland District Court. The Crown says as well as inducing 15-year-old girls to provide “commercial sexual services” in return for methamphetamine, the pair conspired to drug one of the teenagers with the date-rape drug GHB. Both accused have name suppression.

For full story by Ian Steward see:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10606894/Text-to-high-flier-I-ve-got-a-girl-to-sell [Read more…]

Girls4U escort agency – Two arrested

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Girls4U escort agency – two arrested in police probe:  “… arrested on suspicion of conspiring to arrange of facilitate the prostitution of a child under the age of 18, intentionally controlling the activities of another in relation to prostitution and supplying Class A and B drugs.

Full story:

Two Men arrested over activities of an Essex agency Girls4U

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/maldon/11435321.Two_men_arrested_over_activities_of_an_Essex_escort_agency___Girls4U/

http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/arrested-Essex-escort-agency-police-investigation/story-22835724-detail/story.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-28953427

http://swns.com/news/two-men-arrested-after-starting-child-escort-agency-called-girls4u-62807/

http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/Detectives-make-new-arrests-escort-agency-probe/story-24837499-detail/story.html

“THREE more men have been arrested following investigations into the activities of escort agency Girls4U.”

Anyone with information about the Girls4U website should contact the investigation team on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Filming a neighbour costs B&B man $7,000

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A New Plymouth man who set up surveillance cameras to catch vandals has run foul of the Human Rights Tribunal.

Bradley Naughton has been ordered to pay $7000 to a neighbour who claimed his privacy had been invaded.

The tribunal decision detailed how Naughton and his wife moved into a home on Havelock Place, Blagdon, in 2010 and turned it into a bed and breakfast.

The tribunal said Naughton was initially friendly with neighbour Kelly Armfield, but in time the relationship soured.

For full story see: Taranaki Daily News 11 October, 2014

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10604888/Filming-a-neighbour-costs-B-B-man-7k