Tag: crime

Farmer charged with starving his animals

A farmer in Vestfold County, southwest of Oslo, was charged with week with aggravated cruelty to animals after more than 400 of his pigs...

Man charged with firing rocket into Roma camp

Police in the coastal city of Tønsberg have charged a 27-year-old man with illegal use of fireworks and frightening behaviour after he ignited a...

Oslo: Scandinavia’s ‘robbery capital’

Police in Oslo have registered 58 reports of robbery so far in November, making Oslo the so-called "robbery capital" of Scandinavia. With the sons...

Solberg visits Årdal, a city still in shock

Prime Minister Erna Solberg spent Saturday in the small town of Årdal, the point of departure for the bus that became the scene of...

Empty army camps could become jails

A senior police official has proposed to put away foreign converts in some of North Norway's many abandoned military camps.  "Foreign criminals are taking up...

Appeals court upholds Hells Angels convictions

An appeals court in Northern Norway declared seven out of eight convicts tied to  the Hells Angels motorcycle club in Norway guilty as charged...

Bus murder suspect wouldn’t answer questions

Police in western Norway remain frustrated in their efforts to question the man accused of stabbing to death three persons on a bus from...

36 charged in global child abuse case

Police have the identifies of 36 Norwegians who were customers of a website that produced and sold photos of children while they were being...

LO cracks down on cash

Norway's large labour confederation LO is urging its members to use bank- or credit cards when paying for services like hair cuts and car...

Bomb threats over, suspect identified

A "suspicious item" found by employees at a recycling firm in Mongstad, not far from Statoil's large refinery and terminal complex on Norway's west...

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