Tag: crime

Confessed terrorist back in court

A new custody hearing for confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was to begin behind closed doors again on Monday, at which he reportedly wanted...

Critics blast PST, again

Norway's police intelligence unit PST was under more heavy criticism after it told visiting controversial Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard to return to Denmark when...

Police now want two helicopters

Oslo Police Chief Anstein Gjengedal, who's been a target of criticism over slow police response to the July 22 massacre on the island of...

Nordea fraud suspects jailed, fined

The convicted leader of a group of five persons charged in one of Norway's largest bank fraud cases ever was sentenced to 10 years...

Surveillance plane goes after pirates

The Norwegian military is once again contributing to the battle against pirates off East Africa, after lots of urging from the shipowners' lobby. "Finally an...

Assassination threat hit artist in Oslo

The award-winning but controversial Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was supposed to speak in Oslo on Tuesday but police reportedly sent him home. Norwegian...

Terror trial to start by summer

Attorneys and court officials involved in the upcoming trial of confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik have agreed that the trial should get underway before...

Man held for storing explosives

Police in Larvik, southwest of Oslo, were holding a 27-year-old man in custody on Monday after finding large amounts of explosives at his home...

Reported rapes soar in Oslo

The number of reported rapes involving sudden assaults, often outdoors, (overfallsvoldtekter) has nearly doubled in Oslo in the past two years, and police suspect serial...

Two banks robbed, one man arrested

Two branches of Norway's largest bank, DnB NOR, were robbed at knifepoint Friday morning in the towns of Drøbak and Vestby in Follo, about...
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