In 1990, a government-sponsored report in Sweden found that only 2 per cent of the money raised by Tvind left the organisation. Worse still, Tvind has been accused by many former supporters of putting young people under unreasonable psychological pressure. Students have described meetings that last hours or even days, at which dissent is ruthlessly crushed. In Denmark, scores of former Teachers Group members have received psychological counselling after, they have allegedly been stripped of their personality. Meetings went on until everyone agreed.
Similar pressure is still in use.
They have been brainwashed and become single-minded in a very dubious way and at a young age. In some cases, it takes them years to recover. Unfortunately these are not allegations that can be put to the one man who could answer them - Mogens Amdi Petersen. In 1979, he went underground and he has not been seen by anyone outside the organisation for 20 years. The latest rumours place him in Zimbabwe, where he is said to own a fleet of Mercedes and to enjoy a private zoo.