In France, an international yoga sect was dismantled, its guru and forty people arrested

This Tuesday, November 28th, 41 people were arrested in France, suspected of being linked to a international sectarian networkthe Federation Atman, Agence France Presse revealed. This network, accused of numerous abuses under the pretext of practicing tantric yogait was founded and is led by the guru Gregorian BivolaruHe was also arrested the same day.

Furthermore, during the arrests that mobilized 175 police officers which took place in the Alps and Île-de-France, 26 womenmany of whom were under surveillance, were released.

Mental manipulation of victims aimed at removing any notion of consent »

According to former members of the sect, tantra yoga was taught there, with the aim of “conditioning victims to accept sexual intercourse through mental manipulation techniques aimed at removing any notion of consent”they reported toFrench media agency.

This sect then encouraged female victims to do so “ engage in paid pornographic practices in France and abroad » as well as “accept sex” with the group leader.

The latter is suspected of having done so indoctrinated many women from his organization to sexually exploit them, practicing in his home “sexual initiations” of tantric yoga, a practice that promises to achieve ecstasy of body and mind.

Gregorian Bivolaru accused of juvenile crime in Romania

It is impossible to know how many followers the Atman federation, previously called the movement, has. I think so. But this would be of the order of several hundred of people. In July 2023, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office opened a judicial investigation for abuse of weakness, rape, human trafficking and “kidnapping organized by gangs”, after the Miviludes (Interministerial Mission for Surveillance and Fight against Crime) sectarian. abuse) had sent a complaint to the Public Prosecutor a year earlier.

Moreover, Publication remember that guru Gregorian Bivolaru has already been convicted in Romania for rape of a minor and is wanted by Interpol for “trafficking women”. In 2013, the 71-year-old was condemned in absentia by the Romanian High Court of Justice and Cassation in six years in prison. He is accused of child abuse and human trafficking, which he denies. He is considered the “most wanted” man in his country.

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