Minister for Justice and Emergency Preparedness Emilie Enger Mehl presents a report on economic crime to the Storting today.
– Crime shouldn't pay. The government is currently proposing several different measures to strengthen the police's "follow the money" capabilities and competences, both in Norway and abroad, says the Minister of Justice and Emergency Preparedness Emilie Enger Mehl.
The government wants to extract more money from criminals
On the Hurdal platform Labor Party and the Center Party said that action should be intensified against money laundering, economic crime, labor crime, fishing crime and other related crimes. The report to the Storting presented today is an important part of the Government's response to these challenges.
People from Norway became the victims of Swedish criminals
Fraud and financial crimes know no boundaries. The police point out that the threat of fraud, especially digital fraud, will increase in the coming years. It was recently revealed that people from Norway were victims of Swedish criminals. The report to the Storting recommends several measures to make the police better equipped to detect, stop and investigate this type of fraud.
– Financial crimes and financial fraud are very cynical crimes, targeting the weaknesses of the victims. These methods exploit inattention and trust, for example by pretending to be in love or playing on fear. Victims often feel ashamed that they were deceived. The price we pay for this crime is both large amounts of money, human costs, and a society characterized by greater and lesser distrust. That's why we are currently promoting several measures to overcome this wave of fraud digital – continues the minister.
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Civil confiscation
The report takes a holistic approach to the fight against financial crime and focuses on cross-cutting topics.
– The goal of criminals is profit. If we take away from them money and other values, we will deprive them of motivation. It is therefore important that the police step up their efforts and receive more tools, including so-called civil confiscation. The Storting report takes this issue into account and a separate working group has been set up to review the current rules, says Mehl.
The report contains nearly fifty specific actions enabling further progress development in important areas.
– We have already allocated an additional 50 PLN in this year's state budget million NOK to strengthen efforts to combat financial crime. Of this amount, NOK 15 million goes to, among others, the fraud center run by Økokrim, and NOK 30 million to improve investigations into economic crimes in police districts, says Mehl.
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Source: Norges Bank, Photo: Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness
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