Tag: crime

Couple deny hit-and-run charges

UPDATED: A man and a woman in their 40s who were arrested and charged in a hit-and-run drama that has topped Norwegian newscasts since...

Customs seizes a record haul

Customs officials made a record number of seizures last year involving drugs, alcohol and cigarettes that were smuggled into Norway. Smuggling remains an enormous...

Two cases emerge of widespread sexual assault

A 55-year-old man has been held in custody in Oslo since last summer, charged with raping or otherwise sexually assaulting as many as 15...

Norwegian killed in police drug raid

A 49-year-old Norwegian man was shot and killed in what's being described as a "dramatic" exchange of gunfire between police and alleged drug smugglers...

Thieves hit Bergen museum, again

Art thieves described as "professional" and extremely goal-oriented struck an art museum in Bergen over the weekend for the  second time in three years....

Police intensify hunt for hit-and-run motorist who killed 12-year-old boy

Tips were still streaming in to police in a small community in western Norway on Monday, after they went door-to-door seeking help in what...

‘Kon-Tiki’ makers fend off pirates

The new Norwegian feature film Kon-Tiki, which topped lists of the most-seen films in Norwegian cinemas in 2012, came out on DVD and BluRay...

Basketball coach charged with rapes

A former basketball coach in his 30s has been charged with raping several of the young women he trained, reported newspaper VG this week....

Hospital drawn into indictment for exploitation of Filipina nurses

Prosecutors in Oslo have indicted both Oslo University Hospital and a couple who arranged jobs at the hospital for three nurses from the Philippines...

Dogs detect the scent of money

In what may be a sign of Norway's increasing affluence, Norwegian customs officials are now using dogs to sniff out cash smugglers. The dogs...
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