Tag: crime

Police crack drug smuggling network

Norwegian police, acting on tips from colleagues in Denmark, have seized more than 500 kilos of hash and NOK 3 million in cash after...

Museum launches artworks probe

Officials at one of Norway's leading art museums, the Henie Onstad Art Centre just west of Oslo, are now investigating the origins of 18 of...

Norway strikes tax deal with US

On the very day that's the deadline for most US citizens to file their annual tax returns, April 15, Norway's finance minister and the...

Weekend crime wave hit Oslo

Five persons were robbed, two of them at gunpoint, within 15 minutes in Oslo's trendy Grünerløkka district late Friday night. One of them was...

Smugglers caught in record seizure

Police and customs agents in southeastern Norway managed to stop 14 specially built vehicles that were loaded with smuggled alcoholic beverages and tobacco on...

Woman admits to arson in Bergen, ‘wanted people to die’

A court in Bergen on Norway's west coast ordered that a 45-year-old woman who's admitted setting a series of fires be held in custody...

Survivors hail new willingness to reexamine ‘Scandinavian Star’ fire

Survivors of the deadly fire on board the passenger- and car ferry Scandinavian Star 23 years ago are relieved that the Oslo Police now agree...

Man charged with negligent homicide

A man who was arrested after fleeing the scene of a huge, fatal collision involving several vehicles on the E18 highway west of Oslo...

Deadly mass crash closed highway

UPDATED: Five cars and at least one truck were involved in a dramatic collision on the heavily trafficked E18 highway west of Oslo Thursday...

Police to meet ferry disaster panel

Leaders of the Oslo Police have agreed to meet members of an expert panel who are demanding a new investigation into the deadly fire on...

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