UK pedophiles ran childrens charities,embezzeled funds

by **hmm** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:29 pm

sound familiar? <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4819988.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south...819988.stm</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Sex abuse Brits jailed in India Two British men have been jailed for six years in India for sexually abusing boys at a homeless children's shelter in Mumbai (Bombay). Charity worker Duncan Grant, 61, from London and former naval officer Allan Waters, 58, of Portchester, Hampshire, were found guilty of child sex abuse.  The pair were also fined £20,000 ($35,000) each. Both men will be lodging an appeal, their lawyer said. The court heard boys as young as eight lived at the home set up by Grant.  The shelter's Indian manager William D'souza was found guilty of aiding and abetting the men and given three years. ~snip~ Corruption claims An investigation began after police received a complaint from a 15-year-old boy about repeated sexual and physical abuse by the men. Four other boys made similar complaints. A 2001 police report charged the men with sodomy and sexually abusing boys at the Anchorage shelter, which Grant set up in 1995 for around 90 boys aged eight to 18. Grant, from Hampstead in north London, who also ran children's charities in Tanzania, was arrested in Dar es Salaam in 2004 on a warrant issued by Indian police. He returned to London after being released on bail but has been in police custody since June 2005 after surrendering to the court on the advice of his lawyers. Waters, who police said was a regular visitor to the home, was arrested at New York's JFK airport three years ago on an Interpol warrant and extradited to India. The retired Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander was a "highly respected" officer at the Sea Cadet centre in Portsmouth, according to campaign group Fair Trials Abroad. ~snip~ Christine Beddoe, of charity End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking, said there was evidence the men were part of a much bigger network.<hr></blockquote> This piece tells of his incredible "comedy of errors" after the allegations against him in india appeared <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1397339,00180008.htm">www.hindustantimes.com/ne...180008.htm</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Britain allows alleged paedophile to return home Asian News International London, June 13, 2005 A British charity worker wanted for alleged sex offences against street children in India has entered the country despite London police being alerted by Interpol that he was being deported to Britain from Africa. According to The Daily Telegraph, Duncan Grant is wanted by authorities in India for his alleged paedophilic crimes. Based on the Indian charge, Interpol had issued a "red corner notice" for Grant, but this did not prevent the latter from entering Britain on June 1. His whereabouts, however, are unknown. Grant was deported to Britain from Tanzania, where he had fought extradition proceedings to India since his case was highlighted by the paper in August 2004. He does not face any charges in the UK. Britain's National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), which includes the UK wing of Interpol, has been informed of Grant's deportation, and scheduled flights, by the Foreign Office, which had received information from Tanzania. The NCIS had given an undertaking that Duncan would be met. The organisation does not carry out arrests but it is understood that Scotland Yard, whose officers are present at airports, was also aware that he was being deported. According to police sources, Grant should, at the least, have been spoken to and the Indians would have been alerted. However, he walked through passport control at Heathrow unimpeded. Grant has been wanted by Indian police since November 2001 when he was accused by five Mumbai street children of sexually abusing them at the Anchorage homeless shelters that he founded in the city. In February 2002, after Grant refused to return to India, stating that he could not get a fair trial, it issued an international warrant for his arrest. Despite the arrest warrant, Grant travelled to Africa. He eventually settled in Tanzania, where he established another Anchorage shelter for homeless boys in Dar Es Salaam.  In the early part of 2004, students from Jesuit schools, including Stoneyhurst in Lancashire, raised concerns that children atthe Anchorage shelters in Dar Es Salaam were being sexually and physically abused, though no allegation was made directly against Grant. Senior Jesuits passed the students' concerns on to the Serious Sex Offenders Unit at the NCIS in March last year. Grant continued to run his Anchorage shelters in Dar Es Salaam without interference until August last year, when his whereabouts were highlighted by The Daily Telegraph. He was forced to stop working in the shelters, but Tanzania decided it could not extradite him to India because there was no treaty between the two countries and opted to deport him to Britain. On May 31, Grant was deported to London via an Emirates Airlines flight passing through Dubai. By chance, however, his flight out of Dar Es Salaam was delayed, causing him to miss his planned connection, which had been due to arrive at London Heathrow at 07.05 on June 1. He took the next available flight, which landed at 12.15 p.m. To his surprise, according to an acquaintance, he cleared passport control at Heathrow without being stopped. It is known that at least one flight was checked but the monitoring "system" appears not to have been flexible enough to pick up his arrival on a later flight.<hr></blockquote> <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2004/september/91937.htm">www.mid-day.com/news/city.../91937.htm</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr> Cops have wrong pic of Duncan Grant By: Vinod Kumar Menon and Tore Groenne September 9, 2004 ~snip~ An official Interpol photograph of Duncan Grant, sent to the Central Bureau of Investigation and then to the Colaba police station, names the person as wanted paedophile Duncan Alexander Grant. ~snip~ However, according to the boys at the Anchorage Shelter, who grew up with Duncan Grant, the man in the picture is not him. Nevertheless, this is the only photograph the Mumbai police have. Also, background on the alleged child abuser is limited.<hr></blockquote> just to show how wrong the picture was: <img src="http://www.mid-day.com/ArticleImages/images39/wrong.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41456000/jpg/_41456046_duncan-grant_apbody.jpg" style="border:0;"/> The uk governments charity commission investigated them, and found they funneled funds to offshore accounts (in a odd synchronicity its the same tiny island some of Abramoff's shady money went through) http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/investigations/Inquiryreports/rescue.asp <blockquote>Quote:<hr>7. Funds raised by the Charity for use by the Anchorage Shelters were transferred to an offshore bank account in Jersey (‘the offshore account’). The offshore account was under the control of one of the trustees who worked for the Anchorage Shelter in India. The Commission found that the offshore account had been opened in the Charity’s name, but only one trustee had control of it and the remainder of the trustees were not aware that the offshore account was held in the Charity’s name.<hr></blockquote> he also stole funds meant for indian children http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=170890 <blockquote>Quote:<hr> Grant misappropriated donations: UK Police Chitrangada Choudhury Mumbai, February 21: IN THE ongoing trial of two British child sex suspects, Duncan Grant (62) and Allan Waters (57), in a city Sessions Court, Special Public Prosecutor Vijay Nahar on Tuesday presented a letter from the United Kingdom’s Jersey police to their Mumbai counterparts, saying that Grant has misappropriated funds collected in the name of streetchildren in India. The Jersey investigation, which emerged from a UK Charity Commission inquiry into Grant’s charity Rescue a Child, found that Grant even used some of the funds from the charity account to buy a house for himself in Swansea. <hr></blockquote> it seems both men had a armed forces background and the charities had impressive connections in england http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=979252004 <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Sun 22 Aug 2004 Paedophile suspect runs children's charity in Tanzania FIONA MacGREGOR ~snip~ Duncan Grant, 61, a former Royal Navy reservist, is alleged to have beaten and sexually abused youngsters at shelters he ran for street children in Bombay. Grant, who has been running similar shelters in Tanzania, has denied the allegations ~snip~ It has also emerged the Jesuits in Britain have pulled students from a gap year project at Grant’s shelters in Tanzania because of concerns about the treatment of children there. The Bombay shelters, which were never formally registered with the state authorities, were home to between 50 and 60 boys aged from eight to 18<hr></blockquote> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/21/1092972821596.html?from=storylhs <blockquote>Quote:<hr>A charity backed by British fund-raisers that provides shelters for street children in Tanzania is being run by a man wanted in India on charges of sexual abuse against boys, an investigation has revealed. The actress Felicity Kendal, who starred in television's The Good Life, was a patron. She travelled to India and helped exposed the abuse. Duncan Grant, 61, a former Royal Navy reservist from a distinguished British military family, is the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by Indian authorities two years ago. ~snip~ As the Indian authorities searched unsuccessfully for him, he was living in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, and had set up three shelters identical to his operation in India. The shelters have attracted gap year students from some of Britain's leading schools.<hr></blockquote> oe maybe he was a former commando? http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar192006/national1737472006318.asp <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Former British commando Duncan Grant<hr></blockquote> http://www.ibnlive.com/article.php?id=6941§ion_id=3 <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Former British commando Duncan Grant <hr></blockquote> alot of people have claimed to be the ones brought this to light but i also found this: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=2&articleid=3192006030637531920060301578 <blockquote>Quote:<hr>The first hand of help 81-year-old American writer was the first one to be approached by one of Grant’s victim Manoj R Nair Carmel Berkson, an Indophile and sculptor domiciled in India, was the first one to be approached by a 12-year-old child who was abused at the Anchorage shelter in Colaba. Berkson, in turn, approached journalist and author Meher Pestonjee who lived in the area. Berkson, 81, who lives at the Red Shield House of the Salvation Army, has been residing in India for the past 27 years. She says she had once shared a dinner table at the Salvation Army hostel with Duncan Grant who often stayed there. “He seemed like a upper-class gentlemen. When I heard about the cases against him, I was shocked,”<hr></blockquote> http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=2&articleid=319200602353703319200602241828 <blockquote>Quote:<hr>How two paedophiles were nailed Mumbai Mirror reporter Manoj R Nair spoke to writer Meher Pestonjee who helped record the testimony of the children abused by Duncan Grant and Allen Waters The 12-year-old whose statement revealed the sexual and physical abuse prevalent in the Anchorage shelter first met writer Meher Pestonjee in 2001 through American sculptor Carmel Berkson. At the time the boy told Pestonjee that he was leaving the city the next day. “I immediately contacted Childline which told me that we should record the child’s testimony on video before he left the city,” said Pestonjee.<hr></blockquote> a couple of brave children deserve mention http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=1§name=Lead%20Story&sess=31739147 <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Reading out his judgment in the paedophilia case against Duncan Grant, Allen Waters, William D'Souza, founder, patron, manager respectively of the Anchorage Shelter home for street children at Colaba, judge PS Paranjpe made a special mention of the two children who stood steadfast against threats and inducements to record their testimony and clinch the case for prosecution.<hr></blockquote>

by **blanc** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:01 am

Their website is a useful source of info on shady types who use the charitable umbrella to cover their activities. things to watch out for - same names appearing in trustee section of several charities (without those names being persons who would be obviously approached to head up charities) same names gobbling up charities charites switching names at time of change in trustees charities changing their whole profile and public presentation charity commission having got wise to their selling off the real estate of the charity and trying to shunt the dosh to one of the islands outside their jurisdiction charities with vaguely happy clappy intentions to 'rescuing' vulnerable people - especially children abroad. charities who don't get around to posting their accounts charities whose accounts make you think 'hey where did that money come from' or 'hey, how do they fulfil such an ambitious outreach programme with so little funds' or 'hey, that's a mighty professional publicity campaign for such anunderfunded outfit' charities whose top personnel, without being independently wealthy persons, seem to have a pretty easy life while 'ministering' to quite small, not loaded, congregations, and claim good works amongst the most vulnerable.

UK pedophiles ran childrens charities,embezzeled funds

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