Tanzanian Association Oslo

Thorough search in the

UDI records for

possible war criminals

In the course of the recent years, there has been increased attention concerning the investigation of war criminals, also in Norway. There are several persons residing in Norway who come from countries where serious war crimes have been commited. These are persons who have had cases with the immigration authorities.

The Higher Prosecuting Authority for the combat of organised and serious crimes, together with The National Bureau of Crime Investigation (Kripos) have raised up the question of going through the UDI's records. The aim is to examine the possibilties of finding information on personsa who may have participated in war crimes. This can evetually lead to further investigation of such persons.

A conclusion on a pilot projct was made at a meeting between the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion (AID), the Ministry of Justice and the Police, The Higher Prosecuting Authority, Kripos and the UDI earlier this autumn. The project is to go through about 200 cases from the UDI's records. This will be cases from Bosnia in the 1990's.

A pilot project such as this will give an idea about what it will take, both in terms of resources and other factors, to go through a greater number of cases both from the Balkans and from other parts of the world. On the basis of this, a decision will be made on a more extensive search of the UDI records.