Tag: crime

Telenor keen to dump VimpelCom

Norway's international telecoms firm Telenor, now under a new CEO, appears keen to cut off its profitable but long-troubled involvement in the Russian-dominated mobile phone...

Few developments in hostage dramas

Norway's foreign ministry has set up crisis teams to deal with the kidnappings of two Norwegians that were reported this month. They haven't been able...

Police issue robbery warnings to elderly

Police in Oslo were once again warning elderly residents not to open their doors to unknown home helpers, after two more violent robberies of...

Kidnapping has become ‘big business’

Kidnapping for ransom demands has become a large international industry, also in the Philippines where armed men seized a Norwegian, two Canadians and a Filipina...

Norwegian kidnapped in Philippines

UPDATED: A Norwegian man identified as 56-year-old Kjartan Sekkingstad from Hordaland was kidnapped along with three others from a resort in the Philippines late Monday...

Doctor held for allegedly killing partner

A court in Oslo has ordered that a local doctor in his 50s be held in police custody, while an investigation continues into charges...

Investigation launched after police shooting

Police in Oslo are under investigation themselves after an officer shot a woman Friday evening who allegedly was threatening to stab a child. Witnesses denied the...

Bergen mayor charged with corruption

Trude Drevland, the outgoing mayor of Bergen, was charged with corruption on Friday as was the chief of Bergen's harbour authority, Inge Tangerås. The...

Police arrest four men in 15-year-old murder case

The unsolved murder of a 20-year-old Stavanger woman in 2000 was once again making headlines in Norway on Thursday, after police announced Thursday morning...

‘Hash baron’s’ trial gets underway

Norwegian drug dealer Gjermund Cappelen admitted in a local court this week that he smuggled as much as 30 tons of hash into the...
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