E140: How is organised crime and dark money infiltrating Norway?

Grenade attacks, kidnappings, young boys coerced into gang crime. This is all currently happening in Norway and it's causing a frenzy in the news.

But where there’s organised crime and violence – there is also dark money. Otherwise, why bother?

Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by Diamant Salihu, Investigative Journalist at SVT, to ask: How is organised crime and dark money infiltrating Norway?

The pair discuss: the OCG playbook (including front companies and 'crime-as-a-service'), beyond the violence: what we are seeing in Norway, and what compliance professionals should be on the look out for.

Diamant's latest book, When Nobody's Listening: Inside Sweden's Drug Gangs, is available in English now!

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

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