Tag: crime

Couple charged with drug smuggling

A couple from Lithuania, operating from a rural home in the small community of Våler southeast of Oslo, have been indicted for organized smuggling...

New proposals to decriminalize drugs

Justice Minister Knut Storberget is joining the chorus of state officials urging new, perhaps radical means of tackling Norway's drug problem. Storberget called Friday...

Court convicts last of NOKAS robbers

A city court in Stavanger sentenced the last of those arrested in Norway's biggest robbery ever to nine years in prison on Wednesday. Defendant...

Police beef up boating patrols

Oslo police are making life difficult for both reckless skippers and potential boat thieves. Armed with a fleet of high-powered patrol boats, the police...

Convicted pedophile may appeal

A convicted Norwegian pedophile known as Lommemannen (The Pocket Man) seemed likely to appeal after being sentenced on Monday to nine years of forvaring,...

‘Gangsters’ threaten Oslo nightlife

Threats, violence and extortion attempts have become a professional liability for bars, restaurants and nightclubs in the Norwegian capital. As many as 15 local...

Prisoners get holiday if jailers strike

Inmates at the Bjørgvin Prison in Bergen may be let out if their jailers strike on Thursday. A major strike may result if the public...

‘Shocking’ lack of prison security

Just weeks after Norway opened one of the fanciest prisons in the world, security seems out of control at an older jail in Oslo....

Big cocaine bust shakes Bergen

Police in Bergen started their long holiday weekend by announcing the city's biggest cocaine bust ever. In addition to seizing relatively large quantities of...

Justice Minister keen to halt begging

Norway's Justice Minister Knut Storberget has come out in favour of reimposing some sort of ban on begging, even though his government was in...
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