Five Arrested in €1m Fraud Against NATO

Five people have been arrested in Norway and properties searched in Germany and Romania in a Eurojust-coordinated investigation into suspected fraud and bribery against the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA).

The investigation centres on a company providing port services to NATO warships, which is suspected of submitting fraudulent invoices over several years. Losses to NATO member countries are estimated at more than €1 million, although the full figure is still being established. The allegations also include bribery through an intermediary.

Norway’s economic crime unit, Økokrim, said those arrested in the Bergen area have been charged with aggravated fraud against the NSPA or with aiding the alleged fraud. The case adds to a run of procurement-integrity investigations linked to NATO’s support agency.

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