Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Planet Aid" in English language version.
The trial's importance to the Tvind empire was underscored by the fact that one of Tvind's top officials, the president of all US activities, Mikael Norling, attended the court proceedings in September.
As early as two hours before Sunday's preliminary hearing of Tvind leader Mogens Amdi Petersen, some of the press were already gathered outside the court in Ringkøbing, where the hearing was to start at 12. Half an hour before the hearing, about 30 people were standing outside waiting to be let in. Among them were three others who were also charged in the Tvind case. These were Mikael Norling, Bodil Ross Sørensen, and Ruth Sejerøe-Olsen.
Therefore Mikael Norling, a member of the Teachers Group at Tvind and the leader of Tvind's American activities, addressed Arne Wangel.
Ester Neltrup, a general manager at Planet Aid, said she and Planet Aid's board of directors are members of the Teachers Group, but said the charges in Denmark against eight Teachers Group leaders have nothing to do with the used-clothing charity. ... Yet three of Planet Aid's five board members, including Neltrup, submitted affidavits in support of Pedersen during his extradition proceedings, attesting to the fact that they had "knowingly, intentionally, and voluntarily entered into an eleven-year obligation to donate money directly" from their salaries to the fund that Pedersen is accused of mismanaging. About 140 Teachers Group members submitted similar affidavits from all over the world.
