The National Criminal Investigation Service ( Norwegian : Den nasjonale enhet for bekjempelse av organisert og annen alvorlig kriminalitet , previously Kriminalpolitisentralen ), commonly known as Kripos , is a special agency of the Norwegian Police Service . Based at Bryn in Oslo and established in 1959, it is a national unit that works with organized and serious crime. It both works as an assisting unit for police districts , with special focus on technical and tactical investigation, and is responsible on its own for organized crime . It acts as the center for international police cooperation, including participation in Interpol and Europol . It is subordinate to the National Police Directorate . Kripos represents four percent of the Norwegian police force, with nearly 500 employees.
2-418: On 1 January 2005, the organization was renamed Nye Kripos , with the undertittel ["under title"] and formal name Den nasjonale enhet for bekjempelse av organisert og annen alvorlig kriminalitet (DNEFBAOAAK). Then minister of justice said that the common usage of [the name] New Scotland Yard , makes it natural to change the name Kripos —to Nye Kripos ; thereby the renaming of the building matched that of
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