Norway’s foreign intelligence arm, the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) has just released “Focus 2019”, its glossy, annual assessment of Norway’s current security challenges. August may seem a little late for a 2019 report, but the Norwegian agencies produce four reports a year, one from each service. The other reports are …
The wife of Frode Berg, Anita, has launched an appeal for his release. As regular readers of Spying Today will know, Frode Berg was a Norwegian pensioner who was caught by the FSB trying to contact agents in Russian on behalf of the Norwegian military intelligence service. In April, he …
A four metre long, tame beluga whale was trapped by Norwegian fishermen on 26 April off Rolvsoya on Norway’s northern coast. The whale was found to be wearing two harnesses, one of which had an attachment for a GoPro camera and a label linking the harness to Russia. The camera …
We first reported the case of Frode Berg just a few weeks ago (see: http://spyingtoday.com/2019/03/28/frode-berg/). Berg has admitted that he acted as a courier for the Norwegian intelligence services, but claims that he was an innocent dupe. Today (17 April) his trial concluded and he was sentenced to fourteen years …
Following our news item about Paul Whelan (http://spyingtoday.com/2019/03/25/amateur-hour/) it might be worth considering the case of Frode Berg. Berg has not received as much attention in Western media, but his case is consistent with similar recent cases. Berg, 63, is a retired Norwegian Customs officer from Kirkenes in the far …