Five people were taken into custody in the Bergen area during a cross-border investigation into suspected fraud involving NATO ship-services contracts, according to The Maritime Executive.

The report cites Eurojust and Norway's Økokrim in describing allegations of overbilling the NATO Support and Procurement Agency for port services. Searches were also reported in Germany and Romania.

In the publisher's account, the case remains under investigation.

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People reported taken into custody in Bergen area5peopleReported arrests in an ongoing investigation; no conviction asserted
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Source: The Maritime Executive · original report