Tag: crime

Police want to keep Islamic extremist in custody

Norwegian police may expand the charges against Ubaydullah Hussain, leader of an Islamic group that claims it's the target of a "witch hunt." Meanwhile,...

Calls go out for ‘express trials’ for foreigners

Oslo police want new "express trials" for foreign crime suspects, to better allow them to be kept in custody until their cases are tried....

Synagogue security under review

Several new security measures are being evaluated in the area around the Jewish community's synagogue in Oslo's St Hanshaugen district. A government minister visited...

Interpreting costs worry the police

Norwegian police are struggling with the cripplingly high cost of hiring interpreters.  They say it is eating into their annual budgets, leaving them short of...

Prosecutors seek four-year prison term for mayor

State prosecutors declared in a court in Lillehammer on Thursday that the popular mayor of a small mountain community should spend four years in...

Main suspect in teen’s murder kept in custody

The main suspect in the disappearance and murder of 16-year-old Sigrid Giskegjerde Schjetne last summer didn't contest court action on Thursday aimed at keeping him...

Crime unit probes cash redemption

Various denominations of Norwegian currency printed as far back as 1979 will be rendered worthless as of November 1. Norway's economic crimes unit Økokrim...

Mayor’s trial enters final week

The trial of a Labour Party mayor accused of sexually assaulting a young teenage girl over a period of two years entered its final...

Radical Islamists pose biggest threat

UPDATED: Radical Islamists continue to pose the greatest security threat in Norway, confirmed the new head of the state police intelligence agency PST (Politiets...

Islamic leader held for making threats

The leader of the radical Islamic organization Profetens Ummah in Norway was arrested in Oslo Thursday on charges of making threats "against certain individuals."...
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