Tag: corruption
Cleared executive claims compensation
Jo Lunder, the former CEO of VimpelCom who was cleared of charges tied to the massive corruption scandal at the company, is now demanding...
Lunder cleared of corruption charges
Norway's economic crimes unit Økokrim announced Wednesday that it was dropping corruption charges against Jo Lunder, the country's former so-called "wonderboy" of the business...
Ex-Kongsberg boss appeals jail term
A former sales director at state-owned Kongsberg Gruppen was sentenced on Wednesday to four-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted on charges of tax...
‘Hash baron’ appeals his prison term
Gjermund Cappelen, Norway's so-called former "hash baron" who was sentenced to prison last week along with a former Oslo police officer, has decided to...
Experts justify Jensen’s jail term
Norway's longest prison term of 21 years is rarely handed out and even convicted murderers have been known to avoid it. Questions have thus...
Police pressured to probe corruption
UPDATED: Oslo Police Chief Hans Sverre Sjøvold has admitted there were "several indications" that Eirik Jensen, one of the police force's most trusted and...
‘Hash baron,’ cop guilty as charged
The largest police scandal in Norway since World War II reached a dramatic climax on Monday when the Oslo City Court handed down the country's toughest punishment,...
Trial starts over corruption at Kongsberg
More than three years after raiding state-owned Kongsberg Gruppen, prosecutors launched their case this week against a former sales executive at the company that delivers technological services to...
Corruption concerns rise in local communities
Bribery charges tied to a series of construction projects in the city of Drammen have boosted fears that corruption in local communities is more widespread...
Prosecutor drops ministry probe
UPDATED: Norway's state prosecutor (Statsadvokaten) was raising questions Friday about how the country's foreign ministry (Utenriksdepartementet, UD) has handled a conflict of interest case involving...
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