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The 72-year-old is accused of having used his county governorship to gain access to all three, all of whom came to Norway as asylum seekers.
According to the convictions, Ludvigsen should have gone to institutions under the control of the county governor of Troms and, from there, brought the young men to the hut or their home.
"The reference relates to violations of the Penal Code (1902), Article 193, in the event of abuse of position against any person during the period 2011-2014 and the following year. Abuse of position / trust and / or exploitation of mental retardation against another person in May / June 2014. The appeal also concerns two violations of the code Penal Code (1902) § 224, first paragraph, for exploiting for sexual purposes two persons in vulnerable situations, one during the period 2011-2017 and one summer / autumn 2014. " Attorney General's press in Troms and Finnmark.
On January 3, 2018, Ludvig was arrested and charged with using his position to establish sex with a man. A week later, the sentence was extended to the exploitation of minors in vulnerable situations. In addition, he has been accused of abuse of employment, dependency or trust.
The penalty was extended to apply to three insulted persons.
All three came to Norway as asylum seekers.
After five weeks of detention, Ludvigsen was released. He did not recognize a penalty.
Ludvigsen was Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs in the second government of Kjell Magne Bondevik. He was elected to the Storting of Troms from 1989 to 2001. He was Troms County Governor from January 2006 to the summer of 2014.
Survey in 2015 and 2016
The community summit in Tromsø was also investigated for similar conditions in 2015 and 2016, but this case was closed after the evidence.
Then he was insulted by a man in the 30s.
In August, the prosecutor referred the case against Ludvigsen to the police for further investigation.
"… there must be some clarifications in the case before it can be settled …", says the press release of Troms and Finnmark's prosecutor.
The sentence passed against the former Troms county governor concerns violations of the former paragraph 3 of Article 193 of the Criminal Code and new Article 295, a or. c of the Penal Code, which means that Ludvigsen is charged with conditions both before and after the amendment of the Penal Code in 2015.
Ludvigsen's defender, Ulf E. Hansen, lawyer, appeared in court on Wednesday and has not yet responded to the Aftenposten investigation. Ludvigsen did not respond to the Evening Post's investigation.
The lawyers Gunhild Bergan, Håvard Flatland and Beate Arntzen have been appointed as assistant lawyers.
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