Did you know part of the course fees people pay to learn Transcendental Meditation goes to offshore companies? In the restructuring that happened over the years, the Rajas and other managers of the TM organization set up offshore companies in various jurisdictions around the world. One central jurisdiction seems to be the country of Malta, where they set up several companies. The three companies referenced in the YouTube/TikTok video are:
Maharishi Vedic University Limited, Malta
Maharishi Vedic University Holdings Limited, Malta
Maharishi Vedic University Course Development Ltd., Malta
There is an interconnected web between these companies, the Global Country of World Peace organization, and the Rajas themselves.
The trademarks and other rights are concentrated in offshore companies, and an opaque (non-transparent) system is being operated where the accounting has transcended the possibility of reviewing the actual balance sheets or their profit-loss statements. It may be that many of the Rajas are unaware of what is going on globally in the TM organization accounting. It seems the financial control is concentrated in the hands of a few people. More information is needed to determine the actual real situation.
Since globally many of the TM and the related organizations are claimed to be non-profit or education-oriented, it seems to me that there is a discrepancy between the offshore structured accounting and the image that is presented to the public. Should a global organization that operates educational institutes, such as universities, schools, and various spiritual educational programs be structured in such a way that its assets, incomes, and other rights are passed through or held by offshore companies? Undoubtedly this is a legal enterprise that made use of tax-planning experts, yet there is the question of ethics, and how society views these kinds of legal trickeries. Maybe the Maha Raja who himself owns at least one (perhaps two) offshore companies might consider bringing the whole TM and related enterprises – both the profitable side and the non-profit side – into jurisdictions that have transparent financial reporting requirements, just to calm everyone down about the alleged financial activities that transpired over the years since Maharishi past away. We at RajaLeaks doubt the MahaRaja will take such a step that could jeopardize the whole enterprise. It seems it would be prudent for national governments and large institutions around the world to distrust the Maha Raja, the Rajas, and the Global Country of World Peace on this basis.