Saturday, 13 September 2008

NORWEGIAN INDICTEES STILL AT LARGE


"Some of them should be put behind bars"says Sheriff Torstein Dahle, who goes by the nickname Old Red.

The Sheriffs Department goes by Økokrim since the experienced lawman do not trust the corrupt Stortinget to make an trustworthy and responible inquiry themselves.
Old Red goes to Økokrim because he and his deputies really does not trust that the Parliament itself can make a credible and responsible investigation.

– "It is only the police that can make the impartial investigation that this matter now requires.
Should the Parliament do that themselves, it will be like the goat and the oats.
Neither is an external investigation good enough" says Old Red to NTB.

Old Red was at the reception to Økokrim with a haul of photographers following him and his deputy.
Handing over this warrant was a fairly trivial signing, and no one from Økokrim management met the sheriff.
Dahle refers to the Riksrevisjonen report, which named six former politicians to be drawn up in connection with the improper payment from the million dollar heist at the norwegian parliament.

- "But we want that all the 42 representatives who had such a pension during the period 1998-2008, should be investigated.
There are a few cases of deliberate cheating, in this case, it's pure fraud. In other cases, there may be held back relevant information, and it's a case of gross negligence, with a possible punishment of two years behind bars" Dahle says.

Dahle reports that he himself and the sheriffs deparment has received a stream of protests from ordinary people who have been punished very hard because of minimal exceed the trygderegelverket.

- "People are furious and upset. I have seldom experienced similar powerful reactions" says Old Red.

Parliament's presidency comes together to discuss the further handling of the matter.
It is expected that the investigation by Parliament's practice will be put out to external experts in law and pension benefits, but nothing is ever certain in the corrupted oil-monarchy of Norway.

All the scoundrels are still at large, and the villains also have many a friend in high places.
And they`ve all taken their booty with them, them rouge politicians.
This would possibly be the norwegian heist of the century.