Norway announces investigations into telecom Telenor’s work with Myanmar junta
Norwegian police opened crimes-against-humanity and sanctions investigations into Telenor's data handovers to Myanmar's junta, raiding its Oslo headquarters.
Norway's National Criminal Investigation Service is investigating Telenor for complicity in crimes against humanity for repeatedly handing over historical customer traffic data to Myanmar's military regime between the February 2021 coup and the March 2022 subsidiary sale. The Police Security Service is separately probing sanctions violations because the sale to M1 Group included sanctioned surveillance equipment transferred without foreign ministry permission. The subsequent resale passed historical call data of over 18 million people to junta-linked owners, and a class action on behalf of 1,200 people alleges the data enabled arrests, torture, and at least one execution.
- Telenor complied with over 200 military data requests in the year before sale
- Subsidiary sale included sanctioned surveillance equipment without MFA permission
- Sale transferred historical call data of over 18 million people
- Class action alleges data enabled arrests, torture, and one execution
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3 min read at therecord.mediaOslo-based Telenor potentially enabled crimes against humanity and violated sanctions in its dealings with the military regime that took over Myanmar in 2021, Norwegian authorities said.
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