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Bagshot, January 19, 2004---In one of the biggest
scandals and court trials in Danish history, the entire leadership
group of the international education, charitable, and developmental
organization Tvind has been brought up on charges of fraud, tax
evasion, and money laundering. Overall, 11 prominent members of
the organization's leadership board and governing council were indicted,
with the most serious charges aimed at the organization's founder
and leader Mogens Amdi Petersen.
The investigation has been ongoing for 20 years. During this time
investigators have been accumulating information about the organization,
its operation and the main people involved in it. Another primary
reason for the long duration of the case was the "disappearance"
of Petersen, who was finally discovered living in the United States.
It wasn't until the authorities had found enough potentially incriminating
evidence against Petersens within their mountains of compiled data
that they were able to convince American authorities of the need
to arrest Petersen and extradite him to Denmark for trial.
ZyLAB to the rescue
As soon as the authorities were getting ready to go to court, they
chose ZyLAB to provide them with the technology solution they needed
to manage the mass of information they had on hand. Although the
Danish authorities had accumulated and sorted through thousands
of pages of incriminating evidence, their ability to make an effective
case had been compromised by the fact that they had no efficient
way to
- Present the information in court in an organized fashion
- Quickly and easily identify and cross reference specific pieces
of information
"With ZyIMAGE, we have a great working tool, one that makes the
job easier for everyone involved in the case," according to Knud
Haargaard, the head of the investigative team for the Danish police
in the Tvind case. "Because this tool makes us so effective, I see
no reason why it wouldn't be a good solution for complete integration
into the entire Danish police force."
Now, the prosecution is able to fit all of the thousands of pages
of information onto two CD-ROMs, which are easily transportable
into a courtroom situation. And although the defense team is skeptical
about the complete elimination of the original paper binders from
the court proceedings, they have accepted ZyLAB's solution as a
very good addition to the overall case process.
ZyIMAGE as proactive tool
The Danish Ministry of Education has also bought a ZyLAB solution,
as they are preparing a separate fraud case against the Tvind organization
as well and are eagerly monitoring the progress of the current case.
Having seen the damage to educational institutions by Tvind, The
Ministry of Education also hopes to enhance the transparency and
accountability of their organization-thereby helping to continue
their good standing in the community-by making sure that all of
their important information is digitally stored and made instantly
searchable with ZyLAB tools.
About ZyLAB
ZyLAB North America LLC is a fully owned subsidiary of ZyLAB Technologies,
a fast growing and profitable group of companies. Twenty years ago,
ZyLAB developed ZyINDEX, which went on to become the preferred solution
for searching large collections of electronic files in PC environments.
In 1991 ZyLAB created its signature product, ZyIMAGE, the best search
engine available for large digitized paper and electronic file collections.
Now, ZyLAB's evolution continues with ZyIMAGE 5.0, which includes
a full open-source XML framework and supports paper, electronic
files and e-mail. ZyIMAGE 5.0 forms the backbone of ZyLAB's fully
customized document archiving, searching, retrieving, organizing
and sharing solutions for professionals in the legal, law enforcement,
corporate governance and financial fields. Worldwide, ZyLAB has
over 300,000 current end users and has active operational installations
in more than 7,000 sites. ZyLAB provides our clients prompt and
local service from our offices in the USA, Europe and Asia. For
more information, visit: www.zylab.co.uk.
Media Contact:
Charlotte Louveaux
Phone: +44 (0)1276 850970
Charlotte@zylab.com
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