Anders Besseberg has been accused of receiving various expensive gifts from Russia and, if convicted, he could face 10 years in prison in his home country, Norway
The former head of biathlon’s governing body has been charged with “gross corruption” following allegations he accepted bribes, prostitutes and free hunting trips from Russia.
The charges follow a three-year investigation by Økokrim, Norway’s economic and environmental crime prosecutors. In anit accuses Besseberg of receiving “bribes in the form of watches, hunting stays and hunting trophies, prostitutes and a leasing car that he managed from 2011 to 2018 in Norway”. The IBU report, citing evidence from the police investigation, said that Besseberg admitted that he “received the service of a prostitute” while staying in Moscow, but denied specific knowledge of who had sent the woman, saying only that it was “someone, probably from the Organizing Committee”.Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
The damning 220-page report added: “There is a clear record of Anders Besseberg favouring Russian interests to such a significant extent that it justifies an inference that he did so in exchange for illicit reward, and/or because he was compromised.”
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