Tag: crime

Police make more hash seizures

Police in both Norway and Denmark have now seized a total of 2.9 tons of hash as part of their ongoing investigation into organized...

Police reform sets off more unrest

There's rumbling within the ranks of Norway's state police. Officers on patrol are setting off alarms over not just inadequate staffing but an actual...

Man ‘imprisoned’ another man for two years

Police in Oppland County have arrested a man in his 60s, and charged him with holding another man against his will for up to...

Police call for youth detention centers

More and more children under the age of 15 have been committing violence and breaking narcotics laws in Oslo. They avoid arrest and confinement...

Police seize huge amounts of cannabis

Norway's state police unit Kripos announced the arrests on Friday of nine people and the seizure of as much as 700 kilos of cannabis....

Orderuds seek reopening of triple murder probe

Per and Veronica Orderud, convicted in 2002 in connection with the triple murder of Per Orderud's parents and sister at the family farm northeast...

Mass murderer’s appeal rejected

The European Court of Human Rights won't hear an appeal by Norwegian right-wing extremist and convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. The court in...

Telenor hit with enormous fine

Norway's top state competition regulator slapped leading telecoms firm Telenor, which remains majority-owned by the Norwegian state, with a fine of NOK 788 million...

Oil minister avoids new rape probe

A state prosecutor has decided not to re-open an investigation of 18-year-old rape charges against Norwegian Oil Minister Terje Søviknes of the conservative Progress...

Justice minister wants to re-arm police

UPDATED: Norway's new justice minister, Tor Mikkel Wara of the Progress Party, is seeking permanent permission from Parliament to allow some police officers to...
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