He had difficulty obtaining a bank account, accommodation and employment, he said. There were "hints" in some of the reports that he was considering a change in lifestyle but the judge viewed the likelihood of that as remote. A concreting business was used as a disguise to pay salaries to the group and the media personality was listed as the director, the court heard. The vice-president of the Comancheros says he is a "changed man" and plans to distance himself from his criminal associates now he has been released from prison, according to the Parole Board. In July, a 60-year-old man who travelled to Mexico was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to four charges of importing a Class A drug after being identified in Operation Nova. They will be sentenced on October 23. Pasilika Naufahu appeared before the Parole Board on 12 September, and was again refused early release after he first became eligible for parole on 11 May. The defence lawyer said upon his clients arrival in New Zealand, he had difficulty opening a bank account, getting accommodation and employment. Over the course of three years, more than a million dollars was deposited and withdrawn. It had been a previously been a strained relationship, the court heard. Earlier this month Naufahu admitted participating in an organised criminal group, four charges of money laundering and being in possession of ammunition. The offending was sophisticated, said Justice van Bohemen, with encrypted devices used to avoid detection by police. Naufahu - whose brother Pasilika is the president of the New Zealand chapter of the Australian motorcycle club - also pleaded guilty to possession of MDMA, or Ecstasy, which is a Class-B controlled drug. This article contains a list of conflicts involving outlaw motorcycle clubs. The success of the group saw brand new luxury vehicles purchased along with a waterfront apartment, trips on luxury yachts and a $1.3 million Bucklands Beach house. The Parole Board imposed special conditions on his release until his sentence officially ends in May 2024. By Leighton Keith, Open Justice reporter of, Comanchero Motorcycle Club president Pasilika Naufahu has been denied parole for a second time in four months. In 2018, as part of Operation Nova, police detectives from the National Organised Crime Group covertly filmed a drug deal involving the Comancheros motorcycle gang. 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Justice van Bohemen said Simpson was the facilitator of the money-laundering scheme, who used his specialist skills and knowledge as a lawyer. "It would take considerable willpower on your part to break away from those contacts.". 'Insider threat': Shipping container linked to gang vanishes on truck with help of port worker Gangs of New Zealand: Inside the 'uncontrolled growth' of the gang scene - NZ Herald. "He is intelligent. Alleged Comancheros members accused of brazen Auckland attack keep names secret for now They have been jointly charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Naufahu has denied conspiring to import a class A drug, conspiring to supply class B drug pseudoephedrine and three charges of money laundering, namely using $212,796.96 towards purchasing a Bentley, Ford Ranger and a concrete pump. This is the biggest gang in New Zealand, if they put word on the street about you, no-one comes near you.. No more games there is more than a million dollars coming. A lawyer was used to set up trusts for Naufahu and other group members. Vetekina Naufahu pleaded guilty to three charges at a High Court hearing this morning, held by audio-visual link because of the Covid-19 lockdown in Auckland. Payments were also made by Hakaraia to Comanchero vice president Tyson Daniels to buy another new Range Rover. The woman has also denied engaging in a money laundering transaction, namely depositing $292,496.40 cash into various bank accounts. He had admitted participating in an organised criminal group and nine money laundering charges which came from purchasing a swag of expensive vehicles. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. Despite this, Simpson was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. An annual lemonade stand that raises money for children battling cancer is coming to a local Hells Angels club this year. The late admissions come shortly before the pair were due to stand trial at the High Court in September, along with other members of the gang and their associates on charges laid in April 2019 following Operation Nova. Daniels politely declined to comment to the Herald on Sunday. A senior Comanchero MC member has admitted charges of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group, just weeks before his trial was due to start. The true source of the money was a secret and the group had to use a range of tactics to pretend the source was legitimate, the Crown said. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. Later, another recording includes the Comancheros president talking to a bank operator over the phone to apply for a credit card. (First published September 2020). The covert investigation ended in April 2019, when most of the Comancheros' hierarchy were arrested on offences of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. There was nearly 5kg of methamphetamine inside. But he had endeavoured to provide his wife and four children with the life he never had, he said. You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.. 1 Dec, 2021 01:00 AM . We respect every Motorcycle Club that adheres to proper MC protocol. Despite this, Simpson was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. The call was made in Mexico and the caller was identified as Rahman; a Fijian-Indian who lived in Suva, who had dual Canadian citizenship and travelled regularly to Mexico and the United States. Vetekina Naufahu admitted to money laundering and possessing ecstasy, and is the latest Comanchero member to be sentenced after massive police raids in 2019. "It's hard to accept the fact, you left us so soon. Simpson was jailed for two years and nine months after admitting laundering more than $2 million for Naufahu and the gang. The late admissions come shortly before the pair were due to stand trial at the High Court in September, along with other members of the club and their associates on charges laid in April 2019 following Operation Nova. 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The hairdresser, He Sha, was jailed in 2020 after he admitted crossing the Tasman to sell pseudoephedrine in a failed deal. If you are a copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of one or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the site by completing the DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent. Available from December 2. We growing stronger and stronger.". A trial involving laundering and drug charges against Comanchero president Pasilika Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen, accountant Wiwini Himi Hakaraia, a media personality who has name suppression, and a woman also with name suppression is in its third week at the High Court at Auckland. Everything went quiet until Rahman flew into Auckland International Airport on December 18, 2018, and checked into a hotel on Queen St, the Four Points by Sheraton. On the sentence appeal, Mansfield QC argued Justice Lang gave insufficient credit to reflect the challenges Naufahu has faced. Seiana Fakaosilea, the gang's sergeant-at-arms, was not arrested in Operation Nova. However, the Court substituted the gang boss 10 year imprisonment to one of nine years. Those guilty verdicts mean that since the Herald on Sunday revealed the infamous Instagram post announcing their arrival in 2018, five of the six founding members of the New Zealand Comancheros have been convicted of either serious drug or money laundering offences. The Comanchero Motorcycle Club New Zealand president feared he was about to be arrested eight months before a major police bust and also suspected police were bugging his phone, a jury has been told. Police bugged cellphones belonging to members and associates of the Comancheros gang, listening live to calls almost a year before raiding the bikies in a major bust. The Comancheros are participants in the United Motorcycle Council of NSW, which convened a conference in 2009 to address legislation aimed against the "bikie" clubs, their poor public image in the wake of several violent clashes and ongoing biker wars, and defusing deadly feuds such as the Comancheros' battles with the Hells Angels. All rights reserved. Naufahu was declared bankrupt in 2010 in Australia, however on arrival in New Zealand he opened a bank account and up until 2019, $1.1 million was deposited. The president of the NZ chapter of the Comancheros, Pasilika Naufahu, started his trial standing alongside fellow gang member Connor Clausen, accountant Wiwini Hakaraia, as well as a media personality and a woman - who both have name suppression. Of the dozens of intercepted calls using nicknames and codes played during the trial, none have involved the local Comancheros president until now. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. One Saturday morning in August 2018 - months before the April 2019 raid - a person who police say is Naufahu's father, sends him a text. Jurors are also sitting in front of plastic screens. The 501, who was deported to New Zealand in 2016, was arrested after raids across Auckland in April 2019, resulting in more than $3.7 million in assets being seized including luxury cars, motorbikes, high-end luggage and jewellery. We believe this corresponds with a fair use of any such copyrighted material (referenced and provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law). Naufahu continued to deny his involvement in drug dealing and confirmed he would continue to be involved in the gang, although he claimed he would obey any orders made by the Parole Board. Simpson was reckless and brought the legal profession into disrepute, however, the judge was satisfied he was genuine in his remorse. #gridsparta #comancheroFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GridSpartaInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/gridspartaWe'd love you to submit your videos for pub. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Mick Hawi was a former Comanchero MC President. Naufahu was jailed for 10 years by Justice Graham Lang in February over his role in a sophisticated money laundering and drugs scheme. More than $1.2m in cash was deposited into Simpson's trust account at his law practice, which was also used to purchase some of the cars belonging to Daniels and allegedly others in the gang, as well as real estate such as a $1.3m home in Auckland. An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture.It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.. All rights reserved. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook. Vetekina Naufahu pleaded guilty to three charges at a High Court hearing this morning, held by audio-visual link because of the Covid-19 lockdown in Auckland. Fonua had earlier pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group, money laundering and possession of 5.9g of methamphetamine. The Comanchero members and associates were arrested in April 2019 after a massive police search. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to nine charges of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group, in relation to purchasing a fleet of luxury vehicles worth $2.6 million, including late-model Range Rovers, a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce. Allan Meehan, 35, is the new leader of Australia's most powerful . There cant be any sensible reason that these payments were loans, Johnstone said. You set up the trusts and lent respectability, as a lawyer, to a criminal organisation.". Visit image gallery to purchase the image. A trial involving laundering and drug charges againstComanchero president Pasilika Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen, accountant Wiwini Himi Hakaraia, a media personality who has name suppression, and a woman also with name suppression is in its third week at the High Court at Auckland. In sentencing Daniels who was wearing a Versace top in Comanchero colours of black and gold to four years and eight months in prison, Justice Gerard van Bohemen said the senior club member played a crucial role overseeing the clubs operations for significant personal gain. In the absence of his colleagues, the 20-year-old was promoted as the acting "commander" until his arrest in another covert investigation, Operation Cincinnati, in late 2020. Vetekina Naufahu joins two other senior members of the Comanchero motorcycle club in admitting charges of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group following the covert police investigation Operation Nova. Naufahu eventually found comradeship with gangs in Sydney and the Comancheros before being deported to New Zealand. He was released from prison this week after the Parole Board decided he was no longer an "undue risk" to the public. Photos / Michael Craig; Chelsea Boyle; Supplied Edited extract from Gangland: New Zealand's Underworld of Organised Crime, by Jared Savage ( HarperCollins NZ, RRP $ 36.99). 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And it came just days after "Mick" Hawi, the former national president of the Comancheros in Australia, was fatally gunned down in a Sydney gym carpark, by two masked men in broad daylight. He was called the Wire Guy because he laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in wire transfers overseas. File photo. "I'm so honoured to be your son, you taught me how to be a man, you're a legend to this club. Senior Comancheros Tyson Daniels, left, and Jarome Fonua have pleaded guilty to money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. STUFF Intercepted communications between a man and an Australian hairdresser who allegedly orchestrated a $1 million drug deal of pseudoephedrine for the Comanchero MC president have been played in court. If you wish to use any copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain expressed permission from the copyright owner. The court heard Naufahu was a middle child of six children and the family had been under financial stress and hardship. The High Court judge detailed how Naufahu's family had moved to Australia when he was only one, and they struggled under financial hardship. "He accepted that he lived a high lifestyle, but he said he has now learned that reconnection with his culture and family is more important.". Lawyer Andrew Simpson and the gangs vice-president Tyson Daniels were also among those arrested. The trial continues tomorrow. You set up the trusts and lent respectability, as a lawyer, to a criminal organisation.. "Another Comanchero chapter opened up. The media personality is charged with participating in an organised criminal group and two charges of money laundering including the purchase of two concrete pumps totalling $439,700. Comancheros boss Pasilika Naufahu has been sentenced to ten years in prison after last year being found guilty of money laundering and conspiring to supply drugs. Defendants, jurors, counsel and media are all required to physically distance and wear masks in the courtroom. The 501 scheme is the the character section of the Australian Migration Act which allows the cancellation of visas. Pasilika Naufahu is on trial for drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. We are making these materials available in an effort for news reporting or educational purposes. The cheap wholesale price of $120,000 per kilogram was agreed to by both parties, in a deal the police believed would weigh at least 100kg ("a nice number with two zeros"). Money was deposited at banks in amounts less than $10,000, in a bid to avoid triggering the banks reporting threshold, then funnelled through trust and company accounts to disguise their criminal origins. The sentencing of Comanchero vice- president Tyson Daniels and lawyer Andrew Simpson; inset, Jarome Fonua; below, two of the vehicles seized. There were four Range Rovers - with price tags of $175,000, $255,000, $218,000 and $280,000 - a $200,000 Mercedes-Benz, a Lamborghini for $285,000, and two Rolls-Royces which cost $364,000 and $595,000. We respect every Motorcycle Club that adheres to proper MC protocol. The gang boss was also found guilty, along with Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply pseudoephedrine. When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. Johnstone said Naufahu was the source of $1 million that was meant to be used to purchase pseudoephedrine, but the suppliers withdrew from the exchange. Jul 2019. "All done and sworn in welcome aboard to my brothers in New Zealand," an Australian member of the Comancheros posted on Instagram. Comancheros gang president Pasilika Naufahu has sentence reduced Catrin Owen 12:24, Oct 05 2021 RICKY WILSON/STUFF Pasilika Naufahu was jailed for his part in a drug and money laundering. The Comanchero Motorcycle Club president told the board he had done everything he possibly could in prison to show he was a responsible citizen. I deeply regret a father being separated from his family. Operation Nova was launched in late 2018 because police were concerned about the Comancheros' connections to international organised crime figures, and the gang's immediate impact - along with other Australian outlaw motorcycle clubs - on New Zealand's criminal underworld. Then in February 2019, two separate consignments from the United States a waffle maker and coffee brewer- were stopped at the border by Customs, each containing 2.9kg of methamphetamine. Justice Sally Fitzgerald convicted Naufahu of the three offences and scheduled a sentencing date of October 23, 2020, alongside his fellow . But the police allege the Comanchero, an Australian motorcycle club which set up shop in New Zealand after a number of senior members were deported here, are behind significant drug smuggling linked to a Mexican cartel. Red Cross Cyclone Gabrielle fund: Where will donations go? The deal never went ahead. The cheap wholesale price of $120,000 per kilogram was agreed to by both parties, in a deal the police believed would weigh at least 100kg (a nice number with two zeros). I'm on a big case over here.". Most updated Motorcycle community news from all the World, Motorcycle Clubs news, 1%er news. You made it work. Sha arrived in New Zealand from Sydney on September 15, 2018; three days later, the other associate arrived in the country. "Everything that I am today, I owe it all to you. Fonua, the gang's secretary was sentenced to four years and six months and drug runner Connor Clausen was jailed in December for three years and eight months. "From the way that I talk from the way that I move. Intercepted communications from September 20, 2018, from an audio device fitted in a vehicle were played to the jury on Thursday. At trial, the Crown said Naufahu was the source of $1m which was meant to be used to purchase pseudoephedrine, but the suppliers withdrew. This (is) that new s***," Meehan wrote in the Instagram post announcing the switch which saw the pair posed in with a motorcycle and the Comanchero insignia. Comanchero Motorcycle Club president Pasilika Naufahu has been denied parole for a second time in four months. This stabbing attack occurred as part of the Sydney Airport Brawl in 2009. "You made it work. At school Naufahu was bullied for his speech and skin colour, and he used violence to deal with this which won the approval of his father who had previously been violent. The Court of Appeal was satisfied the connection between the erosion of Naufahus Tongan cultural values and his offending. Tallat Rahman, from Suva, was arrested in February 2019 in the first phase of the inquiry, which discovered how parcels of methamphetamine weighing up to 5kg were hidden inside kitchen appliances shipped from the United States. Defence lawyer Ron Mansfield said Naufahu had been deported from Australia as a 501, arriving here with no support network in place. Members made a splash in 2018 with social media posts of black and gold-clad members gathered around gold-plated motorcycles. Pasilika Naufahu is on trial for drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. Meet the heavily tattooed underworld boss who has taken over as president of Australia's most powerful bikie gang the Comancheros. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal denied Naufahus appeal over the charge of conspiring to supply pseudoephedrine. "That's my only income," he said to the bank teller. I've told you so many times, don't send me messages," the text read. Speaking to other mourners at Gino Vella's January funeral, he proudly wore the Rebels patch - the mark of a gang that his father "paved the way" for - and declared "Rebels Forever, Forever Rebels.". When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. However, that is a consequence of your decisions.". He is capable. If you wish to use any copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain expressed permission from the copyright owner. At the sentencing on Friday, Crown prosecutor David Johnstone said the defence had tried to unreasonably minimise Naufahus culpability as the leader of the criminal group. Later that day, the man yells at Sha that he is wasting time and is going to blow the deal. The Court of Appeal concluded those statements were admissible to prove Naufahu was participating in the conspiracy. In total, 18 people were arrested, with lawyer Andrew Simpson and the gangs vice-president Tyson Daniels jailed in 2019 for their part in the operation. Comancheros New Zealand chapter president Pasilika Naufahu photographed during his sentencing in Auckland High Court last year on drug and money laundering charges. He told them Naufahu arrived in New Zealand from Australia in early 2016 and quickly went about establishing the New Zealand chapter of the Comancheros. File photo. Ahead of the trial, another two gang members Jarome Fonua and Vetekina Naufahu also pleaded guilty. 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Naufahus lawyer Ron Mansfield said his client is a good husband and father to four children, who tried to set up a life in New Zealand after being deported under the 501 scheme. Hawi's violent death revived memories of the 2009 bikie wars and the Sydney airport brawl. Two more people involved with the Comancheros motorcycle gang have been sentenced after police surveilled a failed million dollar drug deal and a money launderer funnelling stacks of cash through. The haul was worth about $20m. Five people, including the boss Pasilika Naufahu, are on trial in the High Court at Auckland facing drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. The poaching is seen as a power move by Meehan, who only recently took over as President after former boss Mick Murray was arrested in April over a 2019 murder. Naufahu, who lived. Daniels was sentenced to four years and eight months after he pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group and nine counts of money laundering. Emergency services responded to the commercial building fire at 7pm. In one, lawyer Andrew Simpson - already convicted and jailed for money laundering - tells another man that he can tell "the boys" a $100,000 cheque has landed. (First published in April 2019). A trial involving laundering and drug charges against Comanchero president Pasilika Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen, accountant Wiwini Himi Hakaraia, a media personality who has name Intercepted communications between a man and an Australian hairdresser who allegedly orchestrated a $1 million drug deal of pseudoephedrine for the Comanchero MC president have been played in court. Connor Clausen had his conviction appeal dismissed. Comanchero MC Mick Hawi Duax Ngakuru - President Duax Ngakuru was elected as the Comanchero MC National President in 2009. Young said the board was confident the programme recommended was the appropriate risk-based treatment for him and hoped he would undertake it with an open mind. Search warrants were also executed at the home linked to Rahman in Suva where Fijian Police discovered 39kg of cocaine, presumably destined for the Australian and New Zealand markets. The Australian motorcycle gang established a chapter in New Zealand after 14 members were deported as so-called "501s", in reference to the section of Australia's immigration law used to revoke visas on "character" grounds. As part of his release plan, Daniels will attend a rehabilitation programme and one-on-one private counselling with a psychologist. Thieves get their hands dirty on building sites, what the Governments latest Kiwibuild changes could mean for you, and a female officer knocked out in a vicious attack in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. His sentence was later reduced to nine years and three months by the Court of Appeal. Im going to land it between you and me [Ill give you] all the f***en work you can handle. Comanchero Motorcycle Gang members have been arrested in Auckland. 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