Tag: crime

Crime rising within motorcycle clubs

Shots rang out in Oslo once again this week, after a violent confrontation outside motorcycle club Bandidos' clubhouse in the Etterstad district. Police in Norway...

Prodigal son appeals jail term

Bjarte Baasland, a bishop's son who was convicted of fraud to cover huge gambling losses, was appealing his jail term in an Oslo court...

New cyber attacks hit Norway

Norwegian authorities were busy fending off a new wave of virus assaults on key computer systems this summer. It's the first time that Norwegian...

Woman arrested in Nordea fraud case

Police in Oslo are holding a 49-year-old woman suspected of posing as a wealthy customer of Nordea Bank, and ultimately emptying the customer's account...

Theft wave hits insurance premiums

Insurance companies are likely to start boosting premiums, after tens of thousands of Norwegians have had their homes and cars broken into during the...

Lawyers mum on terror cell reports

Defense attorneys for three men jailed in Oslo on terrorism charges said they couldn't respond to new reports of more specific charges against their...

Speedsters caught in a trap

Police figured they'd nab quite a few speeding motorists after setting up a radar control post on the main highway between Tønsberg and Sandefjord...

Delays plague convict deportations

Foreigners convicted of crimes in Norway are supposed to be sent out of the country, but few actually are. Paperwork and other bureaucratic obstacles...

Mystery lingers over body in Eiker

Police in Nedre Eiker, outside Drammen, said Monday that they have no clues to the identity of a decomposed body found by a hiker...

Police nab five for ‘brutal’ robberies

A high-priority police manhunt for robbers who beat their elderly victims in their homes before stealing their valuables seems to have yielded results. Four...
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