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A former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Norway has been convicted of espionage after a court in Oslo found that he spied for Russia and Iran ...

A heavily armored vehicle delivered Anders Behring Breivik to the back door of an Oslo courthouse for his first court appearance on Monday. The 32-year-old attacker has been charged with terrorist ...

Today, previous convictions, substance abuse and behaviour in prison are the main factors that are considered when predicting the risk of recidivism. A study from the Norwegian University of Science ...

The Union home minister’s aim is to deny India’s most wanted the chance to argue abroad when faced with extradition requests ...

In my debut op-ed, I referred to the Norwegian prison system and how I felt it may provide solutions to our broken system. I believe that Norway’s unique penal philosophy fosters an environment that ...

Violent crime among young Norwegians is often blamed on “Swedish conditions” that have crossed  the border. Local youth have long gotten into trouble, though, and a few recent cases have been raising ...

Why do so many people return to crime after serving their sentence—even in Norway, with one of the world's most humane prison systems? That is the question Olea Linnea Andersson recently explored in ...

A Norwegian court has sentenced a former US embassy security guard to three years and seven months in prison for spying for Russia and Iran.