Tag: crime

Police raid ‘organized’ doping ring

Norwegian police have mounted what's being called the country's largest doping raid ever, arresting more than 10 persons and jailing six after a lengthy...

Two held in teenage refugee’s death

UPDATED: Police in Rogaland, western Norway, had one man in custody on Thursday, had arrested another by Friday and were seeking two others as...

Politician acquitted of sexual assault

Trond Birkedal, the former top politician who was the Progress Party's candidate for mayor of Stavanger, was acquitted on Thursday of charges he'd sexually...

Cleared contractor sues for damages

Harald Langemyhr, a building contractor recently acquitted on charges of defrauding the City of Oslo and the state on nursing home construction projects, now...

Robbery victim invited to Parliament

A young Norwegian man who was the victim of a brutal robbery in Oslo last fall was a guest of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget)...

Breivik agrees to new psychiatric evaluation

Confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has changed his mind and now says he'll cooperate with a new psychiatric evaluation of his mental state. Breivik, who...

Krekar trial disrupted by filming

The latest trial of former guerrilla leader Mullah Krekar was disrupted after it got underway on Wednesday, when three men were caught filming the...

Lawyer’s leaks pose media dilemma

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian media were in a squeeze this week after police claimed they'd identified the lawyer suspected of leaking confidential information from ongoing...

Orderuds withdraw new trial request

Two of Norway's most famous convicted murderers, Per and Veronica Orderud, have withdrawn a motion their lawyers filed seven years ago asking for a...

‘Community action halted rape wave’

Police were crediting community action as a key element on halting last year's wave of rapes in Oslo. They cited organized civilian patrols, better...
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