{
  "id": 19690668,
  "title": "Kritisk til politiet: – Mye dårligere enn svenskene",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/kritisk-til-politiet-mye-darligere-enn-svenskene",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T19:00:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "E24 Norway",
    "slug": "e24-norway",
    "url": "https://e24.no/naeringsliv/i/rMqaL8/kritisk-til-politiet-mye-daarligere-enn-svenskene"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sebastian Claydon Takle, head of financial crime prevention at DNB, criticizes the police for not being close to solving a financial crime pandemic. He states that fraud supports some of the most violent criminal environments they face. Organized crime brings criminals very close to ordinary, law-abiding citizens, often those who are vulnerable. According to Økokrim, fraud is the fastest-growing area of organized crime. E24 recently reported on a criminal network operating across the Norway-Sweden border. Claydon Takle believes these are an excellent example of the problem they face, and the issue they will face in the years to come: multidimensional criminals or groups who engage in multiple criminal activities, regional actors who work across criminal activities and countries, and who evade capture by hiding behind simple barriers, such as residing in Dubai. Claydon Takle is dissatisfied with the police's efforts against fraud. He says they are not close to solving the problem and that they are much worse than the Swedes when it comes to handling fraud and violent criminal organizations. The Swedish police have received clear messages from the highest levels, resources and authority, and the police act on them. The strength they encounter in the challenge and the effect it has on the problem is much greater. He emphasizes that there are a few \"exceptional environments\" within Norwegian police that he believes make an enormous effort to curb fraudsters. These environments show that it is possible to solve such cases in Norway. The common denominator is that they are motivated to solve these cases and have leaders who prioritize the case complexes. Claydon Takle cites the fraud unit in Gjøvik as working across police districts to get a better overview of fraud cases and the ability to report fraud digitally. This allows the police to see cases in context, enabling them to focus their efforts on the networks posing the greatest threat. Claydon Takle is not against the police's role in solving fraud through investigation and prosecution but believes it is unrealistic. The most important thing is to protect ourselves against fraud. This must be done in cooperation through the work we are already doing and must continuously strive to strengthen. In Sweden, organized crime is one of the police's top priorities. Stefan Larsson, a Swedish fraud investigator at the National Operational Unit, has previously shared information about fraud with Norwegian police. He says that sometimes, Norwegian authorities do not do anything with the information they receive. Larsson says Norwegian police have become better but it took a long time to understand the situation. Sverige has not done the same at the beginning. They did not understand the scope and why. Larsson says Norge can be the country where people face this problem without seeing it, like the black swan. He says that Sverige has much larger criminality challenges than Norway, and the analysis shows that the size of criminal profits is higher in Sweden. He says few, if any, Swedes themselves think they have been good enough in crime prevention. He emphasizes that the many different measures Norway has implemented, and that are being implemented, have them covered and will cover the development they have seen in Sweden. This does not mean that we take it lightly. Claydon Takle always says that there will always be a question of whether they have enough resources and whether they are doing enough. He says the nordic countries do a lot alike in crime prevention. Sverige is ahead of us on some things, we are ahead of them on others. Claydon Takle says they have not seen a \"massive effect\" of the information they share with the police.",
  "summary": "DNB-leder mener norsk politi ikke gjør nok for å strupe inntektene til de organiserte kriminelle…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}