Members made a splash in 2018 with social media posts of black and gold-clad members gathered around gold-plated motorcycles. Officers then observed the ute park up in Howick next to a white Range Rover. Seiana Fakaosilea, the gang's sergeant-at-arms, was not arrested in Operation Nova. (First published September 2020). Fonua had earlier pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group, money laundering and possession of 5.9g of methamphetamine. In August,club treasurer Jarome FonuaandVetekinaadmitted their parts in the operation. Shortly after the man and Naufahu were seen by police sitting in the Howick Village Cafe. Last week, the clubs treasurer Fonua also pleaded guilty to money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. Three days later, Rahmans son checked into the same hotel and was seen meeting with another man, a 19-year-old Mexican national, who also cannot be identified for legal reasons. 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The woman has also denied engaging in a money laundering transaction, namely depositing $292,496.40 cash into various bank accounts. A number of trusts were set up and various bank accounts were used to launder money to then purchase luxury cars and property. Your pseudo is worth nothing without their cash, the man says. "I'm so honoured to be your son, you taught me how to be a man, you're a legend to this club. 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. When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. 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. 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. Pasilika Naufahu at his sentencing today in the High Court at Auckland. 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. Meet the heavily tattooed underworld boss who has taken over as president of Australia's most powerful bikie gang the Comancheros. 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. 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 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 president of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club has had a year knocked off his jail term. He is charismatic.". You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.. He had admitted participating in an organised criminal group and nine money laundering charges which came from purchasing a swag of expensive vehicles. 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. The Vice President of Comanchero NZ released on parole Content Created by Grid Sparta Justice Sally Fitzgerald convicted Naufahu of the three offences and scheduled a sentencing date of October 23, 2020, alongside his fellow Comanchero Jarome Fonua. For Daniels alone, 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. "Ok, I delete," came the reply. New Zealand 'A changed man': Comanchero vice-president Tyson Daniels released from prison after money laundering $2.6 million worth of luxury cars By Jared Savage 27 Aug, 2022 11:40 AM 4 mins. 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 gang - also pleaded guilty to possession of MDMA, or Ecstasy, which is a Class-B controlled drug. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. 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Senior Comancheros Tyson Daniels, left, and Jarome Fonua have pleaded guilty to money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. There cant be any sensible reason that these payments were loans, Johnstone said. 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. 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. 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Justice Lang accepted the offending was bought about to ensure his family did not suffer the same financial hardship he had growing up. 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. Over the course of three years, more than a million dollars was deposited and withdrawn. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook 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. Earlier, two other men, one of whom will be called as a witness, discuss buying an airplane and whether the particular model could fly all the way from Auckland to Fiji without stopping for fuel. The five were arrestedfollowing a series of raidsacross Auckland in April 2019 in which more than $3.7 million in assets were seized along withluxury cars, motorbikes, high-end luggageand jewellery. He had strong support from his wife and sister and had also completed Saili Matagi, a rehabilitation programme tailored for inmates of Pasifika heritage. "We still had many more memories to make, we still had so much more to do. 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. 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. Biker News does not belong to or support any Club. Pasilika Naufahu was jailed for his part in a drug and money laundering scheme. But months later those colours had run and Jesse Vella had joined the Rebels' rivals the Comancheros. 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. "You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.". Comanchero MC Mick Hawi Duax Ngakuru - President Duax Ngakuru was elected as the Comanchero MC National President in 2009. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Five people, including the boss Pasilika Naufahu, are on trial in the High Court at Auckland facing drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. Red Cross Cyclone Gabrielle fund: Where will donations go? File photo. "Everything that I am today, I owe it all to you. They dont want to arrive if the pseudo is not here, the man replies. 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. New Zealand chapter president Pasilika Naufahu, vice-president Tyson Daniels and Jarome Fonua today entered guilty pleas to an amended joint charge of assault after punching a man . Copyright Star Media Network 2019. Biker News does not belong to or support any Club. 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. #gridsparta #comancheroFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GridSpartaInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/gridspartaWe'd love you to submit your videos for pub. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. 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). Later that afternoon, the man is heard telling Sha to tell the guy thats coming with the pseudo to drop it in the boot. "We can see no reason why he cannot transfer prisons to undertake that programme and we hope that can happen as soon as reasonably possible," Young said. 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 "Dad I wrote this for you, with a heavy heart, holding your reading glasses, listening to roadhouse blues. "No it doesn't matter if you delete all my messages already [go] all to the puakas. The Comancheros gang was founded in Sydney in the 1960s and has been growing in size and influence in New Zealand in recent years. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. We respect every Motorcycle Club that adheres to proper MC protocol. Comancheros vice-president Tyson Daniels has already been sentenced to four years and eight months' imprisonment. 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 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. Simpson was reckless and brought the legal profession into disrepute, however, the judge was satisfied he was genuine in his remorse. 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. 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. The Crown has opened its case against Comancheros gang boss Pasilika Naufahu on drug and money laundering charges. When detectives told him that an audio device had been covertly installed in his hotel room on Queen St, Rahman said: "Oh shit". 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. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook. His lawyer, Marie Dyhrberg, QC, asked the Parole Board to consider "belief in redemption" as all the available evidence showed Daniels was a changed man. '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. In New Zealand, time is the business, if you f time, you never make money in this business, the man says. Clausen has already been sentenced to three years and eight months' imprisonment. He was released from prison this week after the Parole Board decided he was no longer an "undue risk" to the public. "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. Daniels politely declined to comment to the Herald on Sunday. The gang's secretary Jarome Fonua has previously been jailed for his part in the drug operation. The Comanchero members and associates were arrested in April 2019 after a massive police search. 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. Simpson was jailed for two years and nine months after admitting laundering more than $2 million for Naufahu and the gang. Hakaraia offered cover as a professional service provider and businessman by reviewing the accounts of the concrete business, Johnstone said. The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. 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. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. 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. Ten days prior to that trial, Naufahu pleaded guilty to four charges of money laundering and one of participating in an organised crime group. However, they still ruled the end sentence imposed was excessive and substituted the 10 years to one of nine years imprisonment. Photo: Supplied, Connor Clausen during the first day of the Operation Nova trial at the High Court in Auckland. 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When Jesse Vella stood to farewell his father, he must have appeared the picture of loyalty. 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. But the Court of Appeal has reduced that sentence to nine years. 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. 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. Lawyer Andrew Simpson and the gangs vice-president Tyson Daniels were also among those arrested. Others jailed by Operation NovaComancheros vice-president Tyson Daniels has already been sentenced to four years and eight months' imprisonment. 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. Comanchero club secretary Jarome Fonua was jailed for four and half years. 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. 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. "Mr Daniels spoke about his high-risk situations, how he will stay away from old associates and a pro-social future he plans," the Parole Board wrote in its July decision. Topics Selection,Research, Editing, Correction Policy and Ethics, A MONGOL who survived a bullet to the brain in an alleged attempted hit by two rival Finks gunmen says he has little memory of the attack. Naufahu previously admitted participating in an organised criminal group, unlawful possession of ammunition and four charges of money laundering, in relation to the purchase of his Bucklands Beach house. He had also earlier pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group and money laundering in relation to a $1.3 million home and expensive cars. Comancheros gang president Pasilika Naufahu jailed for 10 years Catrin Owen 10:42, Feb 19 2021 RICKY WILSON/STUFF Pasilika Naufahu was sentenced by Justice Graham Lang on Friday. Of the dozens of intercepted calls using nicknames and codes played during the trial, none have involved the local Comancheros president until now. 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. He was "surprised" to be deported given his imprisonment in Australia had been in short stints. 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 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. Est. "It would take considerable willpower on your part to break away from those contacts.". Defence lawyer Ron Mansfield said Naufahu had been deported from Australia as a 501, arriving here with no support network in place. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. His wife and a number of supporters were present in court for Naufahu's sentencing on Friday. 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. Make sure you have subscribed to our Facebook page or Twitter to stay tuned! Photo: Michael Craig, A New Zealand chapter of the Comancheros gang was established in 2018 after members were deported from Australia. This article contains a list of conflicts involving outlaw motorcycle clubs. He was called the Wire Guy because he laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in wire transfers overseas. The gang boss was also found guilty, along with Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply pseudoephedrine. The Court of Appeal concluded those statements were admissible to prove Naufahu was participating in the conspiracy. 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. Pasilika Naufahu is on trial for drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. 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. 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. 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.. 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We are making these materials available in an effort for news reporting or educational purposes. Naufahu was arrested as a part of a covert police investigation called Operation Nova that targeted the Comanchero Motorcycle Club. Justice Lang said despite Naufahu steadfastly denying being involved in drug dealing, his conviction was useful insight in to the modus operandi of the gang. "Another Comanchero chapter opened up. Were going to land it there [in New Zealand].. 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. Jurors are also sitting in front of plastic screens. When you work carefully through the glimpse of reality behind the secrets and pretending, the picture is perfectly clear, Johnstone said. 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. Naufahu, however, believed he had been treated seriously unfairly and he would not be transferred to another prison to complete the programme. 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. Young said the board was convinced Naufahu remained an undue risk and could not be released. The sentencing of Comanchero vice- president Tyson Daniels and lawyer Andrew Simpson; inset, Jarome Fonua; below, two of the vehicles seized. 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. Earlier this year,lawyer Andrew Simpson and Danielswere jailed for their involvement. 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. Jul 2019. 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