Tag: crime

Norwegian hostage freed in Sinai

A Norwegian doctor and an Israeli man, kidnapped when the taxi they were sharing was ambushed between two tourist areas on the southern Sinai...

Norwegian tourist kidnapped in Egypt

Norway's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that a Norwegian woman was one of two tourists kidnapped in the southern portion of the Sinai Peninsula...

Man indicted for spying on refugees

A 38-year-old man from Sudan has been indicted for allegedly spying on refugees from his homeland, and handing his information over to the Embassy...

Bomb threat forced NAV evacuation

An office for the Norwegian state welfare agency NAV in the west coast city of Haugesund was evacuated on Tuesday after being the target...

Shots fired at residential building in Oslo

UPDATED: Armed police used patrols on the ground and helicopters in the air to search through the night on Monday for a gunman who...

Telenor reports industrial espionage

Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor has, for the the first time, reported a case of serious industrial espionage to the national police unit Kripos. Newspaper...

Police forced to release violent man

Police in Haugesund on Norway's west coast had to release a man from custody on Wednesday even though he'd been charged with rape and...

Kautokeino murder suspect in jail

A man in his 40s agreed on Monday to remain in jail for at least the next four weeks, while police continue to investigate...

State set to allow heroin smoking

Health Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, claiming that the heroin overdose rate in Norway is "shamefully" high, wants to allow addicts to smoke the illegal drug...

Woman held in suspected tax scam

Police in the Oslo area say they're facing one of their biggest tax evasion cases ever, after a 36-year-old woman was arrested and jailed...
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