what i find slightly odd is that it looks like the police/government have no special unit to look into these kind of organisations - it looks fairly clear to be that they are fraudulent so they must be breaking some kind of law yet there are so many of them around.
thanks everyone - i agree - she is feeling like she has lost her son - wants to be both supportive but also shout at him and make him realise what the cult is all about. Such a tough situation.
Looking for a bit of advice from the sages of NSC - lady at work has a 23 year old son who is in the mid stages of being sucked into a cult - something called the Xi Wellness Centre. In short it was a stereotypical situation you read about where he was on his own in London, just split up with...