Meet the heavily tattooed underworld boss who has taken over as president of Australia's most powerful bikie gang the Comancheros. 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. Pasilika Naufahu at his sentencing today in the High Court at Auckland. 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. Mansfield said Naufahu has never shied away from admitting to being the president of the New Zealand chapter of the Comanchero gang. 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. Ten days prior to that trial, Naufahu pleaded guilty to four charges of money laundering and one of participating in an organised crime group. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook. Hakaraia offered cover as a professional service provider and businessman by reviewing the accounts of the concrete business, Johnstone said. Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. This story originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald. The defence has yet to have its arguments heard. File photo. The 501 scheme is the the character section of the Australian Migration Act that allows the cancellation of visas. 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. He said he is paid $2200 a week before tax - the equivalent of $114,000 a year - by a company which was run by another defendant, who has name suppression. more information Accept. Naufahu moved to Australia when he was 1 year old and was deported when he was 28, Mansfield said. Comancheros New Zealand chapter president Pasilika Naufahu photographed during his sentencing in Auckland High Court last year on drug and money laundering charges. 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 haul was worth about $20m. The Crown has opened its case against Comancheros gang boss Pasilika Naufahu on drug and money laundering charges. Dan Satherley Five gang members have been charged following what police are calling a "serious assault" in west Auckland. 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. 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. Est. "Dad", the text says, "don't send me these," then another, "I told you to use your brain". Pasilika Naufahu is on trial for drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. 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. The gang boss was also found guilty, along with Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply pseudoephedrine. Pasilika Naufahu was jailed for his part in a drug and money laundering scheme. Bullied at school, Naufahu found the way to deal with this was violence, which won the approval of his father, he said. 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). 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. 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. '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. The brother of the Comanchero gang president has been jailed after moving to New Zealand to help his deported sibling. Photo: Supplied, Senior Comancheros Tyson Daniels, left, and Jarome Fonua have pleaded guilty to money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. 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Photo: Supplied, The Comancheros posted photographs on Instagram to announce the establishment of a New Zealand chapter. 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. 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 He had strong support from his wife and sister and had also completed Saili Matagi, a rehabilitation programme tailored for inmates of Pasifika heritage. Vetekina and Fonua now join Tyson Daniels, the clubs vice-president, and Auckland lawyer Andrew Simpson in being convicted of laundering criminal profits. Of the dozens of intercepted calls using nicknames and codes played during the trial, none have involved the local Comancheros president until now. That man cannot be identified as he is awaiting trial on a number of drugs charges. 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. 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. Jul 2019. Justice Graham Lang sentenced him today in the High Court at Auckland. The word puakas was translated by police as 'pigs'. When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. Young said the board was convinced Naufahu remained an undue risk and could not be released. 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. 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.. The 35-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison in February 2021 for participating in an organised criminal group, conspiring to deal in a Class B controlled drug, money laundering, unlawful possession of ammunition and assault. Over the course of three years, more than a million dollars was deposited and withdrawn. Earlier this month, Fakaosilea was found guilty on several charges of conspiring to import methamphetamine, including a 600kg shipment from South Africa, as well as supplying the Class-A drug. The trial of five people linked to the Comancheros gang has been told how close a large drug deal came to being completed in the Auckland suburb of Takanini. Emergency services responded to the commercial building fire at 7pm. 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 reckless and brought the legal profession into disrepute, however, the judge was satisfied he was genuine in his remorse. 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"). 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. "I know you're up there in the forever chapter, sinking them down at the bar, flying that flag with 13 stars. Photo: Supplied, Tyson Daniels, in the gold Versace top, and Auckland lawyer Andrew Simpson at their sentencing hearing in February 2020. I deeply regret a father being separated from his family. 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. However, that is a consequence of your decisions.. Comanchero Motorcycle Club president Pasilika Naufahu has been denied parole for a second time in four months. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook. 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. 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. You made it work. Naufahu, who has a statutory release date of July 2028, would be seen again by the board before the end of December 2023. The Parole Board imposed special conditions on his release until his sentence officially ends in May 2024. The trial continues tomorrow. No more games there is more than a million dollars coming. As part of his release plan, Daniels will attend a rehabilitation programme and one-on-one private counselling with a psychologist. 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. Photo: Supplied Three days later, Rahman's 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. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. "It would take considerable willpower on your part to break away from those contacts.". Connor Clausen had his conviction appeal dismissed. 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. The trial is set down for four weeks in front of Justice Graham Lang and a jury. 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. 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). 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. When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. 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. Clausen had his appeal dismissed earlier this year. 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. Vetekina Naufahu admitted to money laundering and possessing ecstasy, and is the latest Comanchero member to be sentenced after massive police raids in 2019. Were going to land it there [in New Zealand].. 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. This website may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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. 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. "Your place in the Comancheros hierarchy means you were one of the directors of this serious offending, which exemplifies how organised criminal groups can obtain significant financial benefit from offending without putting themselves directly at risk.". Vetekina and Fonua now join Tyson Daniels, the gang's vice-president, and Auckland lawyer Andrew Simpson in being convicted of laundering criminal profits. He is capable. Justice Sally Fitzgerald convicted Naufahu of the three offences and scheduled a sentencing date of October 23, 2020, alongside his fellow Comanchero Jarome Fonua. 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. 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. I'm on a big case over here.". His sentence was later reduced to nine years and three months by the Court of Appeal. The day before, the man was observed leaving a Karaka address in a ute, Detective Sergeant Damian Espinosa said. Once in New Zealand, the police allege the drugs were distributed by "frontmen" for the Comanchero, whose hierarchy allegedly reaped the rewards of the illicit trade. 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. Not surprisingly he had sought out the company of others in the same situation, he said. 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. "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.". Make sure you have subscribed to our Facebook page or Twitter to stay tuned! 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. (First published September 2020). 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. 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. Naufahu eventually found comradeship with gangs in Sydney and the Comancheros before being deported to New Zealand. Ahead of the trial, another two gang members Jarome Fonua and Vetekina Naufahu also pleaded guilty. 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. But the Court of Appeal has reduced that sentence to nine years. When Jesse Vella stood to farewell his father, he must have appeared the picture of loyalty. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. 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. But months later those colours had run and Jesse Vella had joined the Rebels' rivals the Comancheros. He had admitted participating in an organised criminal group and nine money laundering charges which came from purchasing a swag of expensive vehicles. "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. 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. Go to the back of the car and put it in the boot, the man says. 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. Daniels was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison, later extended by three months for punching another inmate. 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. "Dad I wrote this for you, with a heavy heart, holding your reading glasses, listening to roadhouse blues. 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Payments were also made by Hakaraia to Comanchero vice president Tyson Daniels to buy another new Range Rover. "I deeply regret a father being separated from his family. Video / Mike Scott. You set up the trusts and lent respectability, as a lawyer, to a criminal organisation.". "You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.". 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. All of these defendants contributed to his organised criminal group and helped it succeed until the police intervened in April 2019.. Earlier this year,lawyer Andrew Simpson and Danielswere jailed for their involvement. 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. We are making these materials available in an effort for news reporting or educational purposes. Their shared trial had started with five defendants but that number dropped by two when several charges were withdrawn midway. 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. "Wait until you see me then talk to me. 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. Clausen has already been sentenced to three years and eight months' imprisonment. Pasilika Naufahu is on trial for drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. 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. 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. This article contains a list of conflicts involving outlaw motorcycle clubs. The Parole Board rulings released to the Herald on Sunday showed that Daniels had a strong work ethic and was considered to be "compliant and respectful" by Corrections staff. 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. "We still had many more memories to make, we still had so much more to do. Naufahu was jailed for 10 years by Justice Graham Lang in February over his role in a sophisticated money laundering and drugs scheme. "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.". His wife and a number of supporters were present in court for Naufahu's sentencing on Friday. However, that is a consequence of your decisions.". But he had endeavoured to provide his wife and four children with the life he never had, he said. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. Police feared the gang's connections to international organised crime groups and sophisticated tradecraft would give it outsized influence in New Zealand's criminal underworld. Members made a splash in 2018 with social media posts of black and gold-clad members gathered around gold-plated motorcycles. Fonua had earlier pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group, money laundering and possession of 5.9g of methamphetamine. 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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. We do not accept Mr Naufahu played anything other than a major and significant role in the conspiracy to supply pseudoephedrine.. 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). The jury trial at the High Court is the first one to be held under the current enhancedCovid-19 alert level 2.5in Auckland. 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. He was also found guilty, alongside patched Comanchero Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply the Class B drug pseudoephedrine in September 2018. 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. Justice Lang accepted the offending was bought about to ensure his family did not suffer the same financial hardship he had growing up. In response, police launched Operation Nova, eventually terminated in April 2019 when most of the Comancheros' hierarchy were arrested and charged with money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. He was convicted of the murder of Hells Angels MC Anthony Zervas. He was released from prison this week after the Parole Board decided he was no longer an "undue risk" to the public. The trial against Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen, accountant Wiwini Himi Hakaraia, a media personality who has name suppression, and a woman, also with name suppression, began on Monday at the High Court at Auckland. "No it doesn't matter if you delete all my messages already [go] all to the puakas. You set up the trusts and lent respectability, as a lawyer, to a criminal organisation.. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. 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. Justice Sally Fitzgerald convicted Naufahu of the three offences and scheduled a sentencing date of October 23, 2020, alongside his fellow Comanchero Jarome Fonua. The court heard Naufahu was a middle child of six children and the family had been under financial stress and hardship. Aged between 18 and 24, all are members of the Comancheros gang, said Det. 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