Copyright Star Media Network 2019. The house was purchased with Naufahus 7-year-old son listed as the owner. Your pseudo is worth nothing without their cash, the man says. His sentence was later reduced to nine years and three months by the Court of Appeal. 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 Naufahu moved to Australia when he was 1 year old and was deported when he was 28, Mansfield said. Pasilika Naufahu at his sentencing today in the High Court at Auckland. Justice van Bohemen said Simpson was the facilitator of the money-laundering scheme, who used his specialist skills and knowledge as a lawyer. Around the same time, a consignment of a kitchen stovetops shipped from the United States had been seized by Customs and examined. 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. Daniels politely declined to comment to the Herald on Sunday. Gang president Pasilika Naufahu was among those put behind bars, sentenced to 10 years' jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply the Class B drug pseudoephedrine. He was also found guilty, alongside patched Comanchero Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply the Class B drug pseudoephedrine in September 2018. A shipment of 613 kilograms of methamphetamine - with what police say is a retail value of more than $245 million - was stopped at Auckland Airport last Thursday. Jurors have been told intercepted calls show coded conversations, discussion of hundreds of thousands of dollars and a suspicion that police had tapped mobile phones. 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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. Hakaraia has denied participating in an organised criminal group; two charges of possession of class A drug for supply, namely cocaine and methamphetamine; and three charges of money laundering including $439,700 used towards two concrete pumps and $110,000 used towards purchasing a Range Rover. At trial, the Crown said Naufahu was the source of $1m which was meant to be used to purchase pseudoephedrine, but the suppliers withdrew. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook The Comancheros gang boss has been denied parole for a second time in four months because he is still considered an excessive risk if released. Hakaraia offered cover as a professional service provider and businessman by reviewing the accounts of the concrete business, Johnstone said. 1 Dec, 2021 01:00 AM . In the recording, the man can be heard getting frustrated with Sha talking about a deal that he can make nearly half a million dollars from. Emergency services responded to the commercial building fire at 7pm. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . 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. The Court of Appeal concluded those statements were admissible to prove Naufahu was participating in the conspiracy. Over the course of three years, more than a million dollars was deposited and withdrawn. 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. More than 80 police officers were involved in the raids, which led to about $4 million of assets being seized, including firearms and several luxury vehicles such as a Rolls-Royce Wraith and gold-plated Harley-Davidson motorcycles. (First published September 2020). one of the founding members of the New Zealand chapter in 2018 but was arrested a year later following a covert investigation, Operation Nova, which targeted the gang's criminal activity. 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. 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. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. For Vella, forever lasted until last week, when he posed in Comancheros colours with their new President Alex Meehan. Red Cross Cyclone Gabrielle fund: Where will donations go? Daniels, the vice-president, was later convicted along with president Pasilika Naufahu and his brother Vetekina, as well as the club's treasurer, Jarome Fonua. Rahman was unknown to the team of detectives running Operation Nova until he was overheard talking to one of the "frontmen", who cannot be named for legal reasons, whose phone conversations were bugged by police. 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. "You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.". The five were arrestedfollowing a series of raidsacross Auckland in April 2019 which saw more than $3.7 million in assets seized along withluxury cars, motorcycles, luxury luggageand jewellery. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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At trial, Naufahu was found guilty of two charges of money laundering in relation to the purchase of a Bentley and a Ford Ranger. Comanchero MC Mick Hawi Duax Ngakuru - President Duax Ngakuru was elected as the Comanchero MC National President in 2009. The Crown produced other bugged phone calls and photographic evidence of multiple people depositing small sums of money at various banks accounts. Seiana Fakaosilea, the gang's sergeant-at-arms, was not arrested in Operation Nova. Others jailed by Operation NovaComancheros vice-president Tyson Daniels has already been sentenced to four years and eight months' imprisonment. As part of his release plan, Daniels will attend a rehabilitation programme and one-on-one private counselling with a psychologist. There is lack of support for those who are returned to New Zealand by Australia under these provisions.. Neither man was charged with drug offences. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. Photo / Supplied In sentencing Daniels - who was wearing a black and gold Versace top - to four years and eight months. When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. One of the Comanchero members pictured is Pasilika Naufahu, once a senior member of the gang in Sydney, who was deported two years ago, according to the New Zealand Herald. An annual lemonade stand that raises money for children battling cancer is coming to a local Hells Angels club this year. The Australian underworld was left shocked by the high-profile switch, which one source told News.com.au shows that the Comacheros do "what they want, when they want". Vetekina and Fonua now join Tyson Daniels, the gang's vice-president, and Auckland lawyer Andrew Simpson in being convicted of laundering criminal profits. A number of trusts were set up and various bank accounts were used to launder money to then purchase luxury cars and property. Fonua had earlier pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group, money laundering and possession of 5.9g of methamphetamine. The hairdresser, He Sha, was jailed in 2020 after he admitted crossing the Tasman to sell pseudoephedrine in a failed deal. They will be sentenced on October 23. A court has heard a Comanchero-associate drove through Auckland with a million dollars in cash to buy a methamphetamine prescursor, before the deal fell over. After stopping at a cafe, the pair get back into the vehicle and the man can be heard telling Sha about how the area is one of the most policed areas in the country all gang squad. The gang boss was also found guilty, along with Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply pseudoephedrine. A lawyer was used to set up trusts for Naufahu and other group members. 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. 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. A video, taken by police, was played at trial showing the brother of a man who the Crown says is at the heart of the case and an Australian hairdresser meeting with Clausen. Defence lawyer Ron Mansfield said Naufahu had been deported from Australia as a 501, arriving here with no support network in place. Were going to land it there [in New Zealand].. Earlier in the case the Crown said that company was used to pay "pretend" salaries to Comancheros members to conceal the true source of the gang's wealth. A senior Comanchero gang member has admitted charges of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group, just weeks before his trial was due to start. However, that is a consequence of your decisions.. "I know you're up there in the forever chapter, sinking them down at the bar, flying that flag with 13 stars. 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. Allan Meehan, 35, is the new leader of Australia's most powerful . The Crown said Naufahu told one person to download 'Signal', an encrypted messaging app, and discusses with his brother about getting their father to use it. 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. "Dad", the text says, "don't send me these," then another, "I told you to use your brain". Frustrated emails from Kawerau constable to Police Commissioner Mike Bush led to downfall of Mo Video of gang's botched $1m drug deal that brought down Comancheros leader - NZ Herald, Auckland Airport meth bust: Air New Zealand baggage handlers charged - NZ Herald. Pasilika Naufahu and fellow Comancheros, wives, partners and families commenced a lifestyle both living and working together and benefited from a series of offences, Johnstone said. The day before, the man was observed leaving a Karaka address in a ute, Detective Sergeant Damian Espinosa said. "No it doesn't matter if you delete all my messages already [go] all to the puakas. Rahman was unknown to the team of detectives running Operation Nova until he was overheard talking to one of the frontmen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, whose phone conversations were bugged by police. You made it work. 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. Most updated Motorcycle community news from all the World, Motorcycle Clubs news, 1%er news. He said: Youre going to start off with a nice number with two zeroes. Pasilika Naufahu was sentenced by Justice Graham Lang on Friday. At trial, Naufahu was found guilty of two charges of money laundering in relation to the purchase of a Bentley and Ford Ranger. Jesse Vella, nephew of former Rebels President Alex Vella and cousin of current President Damien Vella, touched upon the club in the poem he read at the service. He was "surprised" to be deported given his imprisonment in Australia had been in short stints. Naufahu was jailed for 10 years by Justice Graham Lang in February over his role in a sophisticated money laundering and drugs scheme. The 501 scheme is the the character section of the Australian Migration Act that allows the cancellation of visas. The court heard Naufahu was a middle child of six children and the family had been under financial stress and hardship. Naufahu was arrested following a series of raids across Auckland in April 2019 in which more than $3.7 million in assets was seized, along with luxury cars, motorbikes, high-end luggage and jewellery. Naufahu, however, believed he had been treated seriously unfairly and he would not be transferred to another prison to complete the programme. 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. 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. 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. The man goes on to tell Sha about the richest man in the country who has a billion dollars. "Given he is currently at high risk of re-offending and without any further rehabilitative programmes it is difficult to see the way out of prison for him before his sentence end date.". Of the dozens of intercepted calls using nicknames and codes played during the trial, none have involved the local Comancheros president until now. 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. 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. He was convicted of the murder of Hells Angels MC Anthony Zervas. The woman has also denied engaging in a money laundering transaction, namely depositing $292,496.40 cash into various bank accounts. File photo. In New Zealand, time is the business, if you f time, you never make money in this business, the man says. 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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. "We are satisfied he is at high risk of re-offending given his past, given his personality, and given his involvement in the Comancheros gang.". After a lengthy and high-profile jury trial last year, Naufahu was found guilty of two money-laundering charges - one in respect of a Ford Ranger and the other a $102,075 Bentley. Pasilika Naufahu was jailed for his part in a drug and money laundering scheme. "He did not think in any event that programme would be helpful for him because he did not consider he was a violent person and so that would be essentially a waste of time for him.". Ahead of the trial, another two gang members Jarome Fonua and Vetekina Naufahu also pleaded guilty. The money laundering charge relates to his late-model Range Rover, worth around $150,000, while the organised crime charge carries the most significant penalty of up to 10 years in prison. The gang's secretary Jarome Fonua has previously been jailed for his part in the drug operation. Tyson Daniels is the vice president of the Comanchero MC in New Zealand. This website may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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. They dont want to arrive if the pseudo is not here, the man replies. 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.. 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. Insane Throttle Support Club Become a member Now, Insane Throttle/Motorcycle Madhouse Radio YouTube and Audio Disclaimer, Meet the Insane Throttle Contributing Columnist James Hollywood Macecari, Motorcycle Clubs Riding Clubs and Associations Near Me Index & Listings, Our Policies here at Insane Throttle Publications. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook. The president of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club president Pasilika Naufahu came to New Zealand in 2016 and went about setting up the gang for monetary gain while those around him enjoyed the benefits, the Crown say. Board chairman Sir Ron Young said it was pointed out that Naufahu had the responsibility of caring for young children, and that appeared to conflict with the fact of his significant involvement in money laundering and conspiracy to supply drugs. We are making these materials available in an effort for news reporting or educational purposes. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. 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. I've told you so many times, don't send me messages," the text read. 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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. one of the founding members of the New Zealand chapter in 2018 but was arrested a year later following a covert investigation, Operation Nova, which targeted the gang's criminal activity. 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 High Court judge detailed how Naufahu's family had moved to Australia when he was only one, and they struggled under financial hardship. In August,club treasurer Jarome FonuaandVetekinaadmitted their parts in the operation. Vetekina and Fonua now join Tyson Daniels, the clubs vice-president, and Auckland lawyer Andrew Simpson in being convicted of laundering criminal profits. More than $1.2m in cash was deposited into Simpsons trust account at his law practice, which was also used to purchase some of the cars belonging to Daniels and allegedly others in the club, as well as real estate such as a $1.3m home in Auckland. Make sure you have subscribed to our Facebook page or Twitter to stay tuned! more information Accept. However, the Court substituted the gang boss 10 year imprisonment to one of nine years. This article contains a list of conflicts involving outlaw motorcycle clubs. Photo: Supplied, The Comancheros posted photographs on Instagram to announce the establishment of a New Zealand chapter. His wife and a number of supporters were present in court for Naufahu's sentencing on Friday. A charge of participating in an organised criminal group between May 2017 and April 2019 was also admitted by Daniels, who was living in the affluent Auckland suburb of Mellons Bay until his arrest in April last year. Rahman returned to New Zealand and was arrested by the National Organised Crime Group, along with the 19-year-old from Mexico and a 33-year-old Chinese man called Hui Wang. Defendants, jurors, counsel and media are all required to physically distance and wear masks in the courtroom. But another thing the success of the group bought with it was a problem, the problem was how to hide the crimes that were generating all the money, Johnstone said. 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. A psychologist considered a special treatment programme for violent offending would adequately meet Naufahu's rehabilitative needs. Gang president Pasilika Naufahu was among those put behind bars, sentenced to 10 years' jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply the Class B drug pseudoephedrine. #gridsparta #comancheroFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GridSpartaInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/gridspartaWe'd love you to submit your videos for pub. "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.". READ MORE: * Comancheros gang president Pasilika Naufahu jailed for 10 years * Comancheros: Man who bought car for gang vice-president gets community detention * Comancheros: Gang president found guilty of money laundering and drugs charges. You set up the trusts and lent respectability, as a lawyer, to a criminal organisation.". Visit image gallery to purchase the image. "You clearly knew that the money was derived from a significant drug importation and supply operation by the group of which you are a member," Justice van Bohemen told Daniels in February 2020. Neither man was charged with drug offences. 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 Court of Appeal was satisfied the connection between the erosion of Naufahus Tongan cultural values and his offending. Clausen is charged with conspiring to supply class B drug pseudoephedrine. Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. Copyright Star Media Network 2019. 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). The Crown has opened its case against Comancheros gang boss Pasilika Naufahu on drug and money laundering charges. 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. 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. Photo / Jason Oxenham 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. Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers. The Comancheros gang was founded in Sydney in the 1960s and has been growing in size and influence in New Zealand in recent years. Connor Clausen had his conviction appeal dismissed. more information Accept. "It's hard to accept the fact, you left us so soon. Make sure you have subscribed to our Facebook page or Twitter to stay tuned! 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