Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no | Ex-industry chief sentenced to jail for corruption by Nina
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Stein Lier‑Hansen, who led Norsk Industri—the industrial arm of Norway’s employer federation NHO—for 17 years, was sentenced by an Oslo district court to five years in prison and ordered to repay NOK 10.6 million after being convicted of serious corruption for misusing the organization’s funds on personal expenses such as hunting trips, sea‑plane flights, meals and other luxuries, and for receiving kickbacks estimated at about NOK 1.9 million; although he denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal, the case underscores significant lapses in expense oversight within NHO.
Read more: https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/05/25/ex-industry-chief-jailed-for-corruption/


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