Police organisation
Økokrim
One body that both investigates and prosecutes economic and environmental crime — a combination most systems in this registry keep apart.
At a glance
- Official name
- Økokrim
- System
- Norway
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- Criminal investigation agency
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.politiet.no/om-politiet/organisasjonen/sarorganene/okokrim/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 13 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 13 September 2026
What it is
Økokrim is "den sentrale enhet for etterforsking og påtale av økonomisk kriminalitet og miljøkriminalitet". The word "påtale" is what makes it unusual: this is a single unit holding both the investigative and the prosecuting function for its fields, and it takes the most significant and precedent-setting cases itself. Across this registry, investigation and prosecution are normally separate institutions with the second directing the first.
What it covers
National, for economic crime and environmental crime.
Broad responsibilities
- Investigating economic crime and environmental crime
- Prosecuting in those fields, as the central unit for them
- Taking the most significant and precedent-setting cases itself
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Norway is structured, against other systems
Other organisations to compare
Where this connects
Institutions: National police.
Sources
Politiet (Norwegian Police Service) · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-13
SCOPE: Økokrim only. The service’s own page, read directly. Supports that Økokrim is "den sentrale enhet for etterforsking og påtale av økonomisk kriminalitet og miljøkriminalitet" — a single body that is both an investigating unit and a prosecuting authority — and that it takes the most significant and precedent-setting cases in those fields itself.
Politiet (Norwegian Police Service) · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-13
SCOPE: the organisational units of the Norwegian police. The service’s own organisation page, read directly. Supports that the service comprises Politidirektoratet, twelve named politidistrikter (Agder, Finnmark, Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal, Nordland, Oslo, Sør-Vest, Sør-Øst, Troms, Trøndelag, Vest, Øst) and særorganer including Kripos, Nasjonalt ID-senter, Politiets fellestjenester, Politiets IT-enhet, Politihøgskolen, Utrykningspolitiet and Økokrim. The page lists these units WITHOUT describing what each does, so no function is asserted for any særorgan from this source, and the position of PST is not established by it.