Senior police officials criticize Mehl for not investing in criminal networks

Senior police officials criticize Mehl for not investing in criminal networks

There are about 100 criminal networks in Norway. But the police have the capacity to pursue only 40 of them, Kripos says.

Justice Minister Emily Enger Mehl (SP) and the government have been criticized for not doing well enough to combat criminal networks. Here Mehl is with the Oslo Police in Greenland in Oslo.

Short version

Gang warfare terrorizes Swedes. Norwegian and Swedish police fear that Swedish gangs will establish themselves in Norway. Kripos head Kristin Kvigne believes that although Norway is far from “Swedish conditions”, not enough is being done to prevent criminal networks.

– We see criminal networks growing and we cannot keep up, he tells Aftenposten.

He was accompanied by Norwegian Police Directorate (POD) Head of Department Björn Vandvik and Assistant Attorney General Doren S. Sitting with Holberg. Now they are criticizing the supreme leader of the Norwegian police: Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl (SP). It is highly unusual for IGPs to criticize their commander-in-chief.

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