After two trials at Buskerud District Court in Hokksund and Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo, the score in the fight against corruption between Økokrim, the Norwegian police's central unit for investigating and prosecuting economic and environmental crime, and the former president of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Anders Besseberg, now stands at 2-0 in favour of Økokrim.
This was confirmed this afternoon when the judges at Borgarting Court of Appeal – more than three months after the last court hearing in the case – agreed with their colleagues at Buskerud District Court that 79-year-old Norwegian Anders Besseberg is guilty of gross corruption.
In April 2024, the district court sentenced the former IBU president to three years and one month in prison and confiscation of assets worth NOK 1.4 million for accepting extensive bribes in the form of expensive wristwatches, exclusive hunting trips, Russian prostitutes and a free car.
Lars Jørgensen
Today, the Court of Appeal set Anders Besseberg's sentence at three years' imprisonment and confiscation of assets worth just over NOK 1 million. However, the judges in the Court of Appeal disagreed on the assessment of several of the ten charges in the corruption case.
