The wife of one of Norway's richest men was kidnapped and ransom "costs" 9 million euros

Norwegian police announced today that the wife of one of Norway's richest men had been kidnapped and that alleged kidnappers had claimed ransom.

Since October 31, Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68 years old.

Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen is married to Tom Hagen, who, according to the Norwegian financial magazine Kapital, ranks 172nd out of a list of the country's 400 richest people, according to Chief Investigator Tommy Broeske . and his fortune in 2018 has reached nearly 1.7 billion kroner (1.7 billion euros), according to the Norwegian news agency NTB.

Police said that a letter had been found at the couple's home, East of Oslo, which described what would happen to the woman if the ransom demand was not not settled in cryptomanese Monero

The Norwegian authorities had not advanced the value of the ransom, but the Norwegian VG newspaper reported that this value would be nine million euros.

This jo (19659002) Senior investigator Tommy Broeske declined to comment, claiming that "the threats (in the note) were of a very serious nature."

"The reason we are making this case public now is that, despite a vast and extensive investigation, we need additional information, "he said at a press conference.

"We have no suspects in this case," he said. Broeske, adding that the police were "in the case for several weeks".

Broeske explained that "those [os raptores] who are behind chose to communicate digitally" and that they "had no other contact". [19659002]

Police believe that Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen has disappeared from home about fifty kilometers from the Swedish border.

The authorities asked the family not to pay any ransom. The chief investigator also said that the authorities were collaborating with Europol and Interpol in this case.