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International smuggling route for prescription pills blocked! Eurojust & @Europol supported & authorities in a large-scale operation that led to 47 arrests and the seizure of over 6 million pills.
Norway is going to test out a new program that involves prescribing free heroin to its most serious drug addicts.
In 2023, Norway had a murder rate of 0.72 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 40 murders in Norway in 2023. [2]According to a comparison of crime statistics from Norwegian Kripos and Swedish BRÅ done by Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten, the murder rate of Norway has since 2002 been roughly half that of neighbour country Sweden.
Norway's prison system is renowned as one of the most effective and humane in the world. Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world; in 2018 the reconviction rate was 18% within two years of release, with a recidivism rate of 25% after five years. [1] The country also has one of the lowest crime rates on Earth.
The Attorney General has decided that doubt is to benefit the accused in cases where there is any indication of drug addiction. [6] [7] The Attorney General decided in 2021 that the police do not have the right to search mobile phones, perform drug tests or search the homes of people who are caught with small amounts of drugs for personal use ...
Norwegian authorities said Friday they have dropped spying allegations against an unidentified 25-year-old foreign student and are now holding him on suspicion of a “serious financial crime.”
Eirik Jensen (born 30 July 1957) is a Norwegian convicted felon and former policeman who was found guilty of drug trafficking and corruption in 2017. Jensen was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the maximum determinate penalty allowed by Norwegian law. [1]
In Norway the recidivism rate measured by re-charging in the 5-year period from base year 2017 is for any charged offense 38.7%, for property theft 49.6%, for criminal damage 45.2%, for violence and maltreatment 46.8%, for sexual offenses 31.7%, for drug and alcohol offenses 48.1%, and for traffic offenses 27.8%. [39]