Tommy Olsen of the NGO Aegean Boat Report who was arrested in Norway for criminal organisation will not be extradited to Greece

Norwegian Tommy Olsen, laminitis of the non-governmental enactment Aegean Boat Report (ABR), who was arrested connected March 16 astatine his location successful Tromsø, Norway, aft Greece issued an planetary apprehension warrant, volition not beryllium extradited to Greece.

German outlet taz reports that the Hålogaland Court of Appeal successful bluish Norway unanimously rejected, connected Friday, a second-instance entreaty concerning the execution of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the prosecutor’s bureau successful Kos successful December 2025 against the Norwegian.

The Kos prosecutor’s bureau had accused Tommy Olsen of espionage, starring a transgression organization, and participating successful a migrant-smuggling web operating from the Turkish seashore to Greece. The charges subordinate to incidents successful 2021 and 2022 disconnected the islands of Kos and Farmakonisi.

Olsen maintained telephone interaction with smugglers during illegal immigrants’ journeys. Aegean Boat Report is besides accused of transmitting information and the locations of arrivals to Greek authorities truthful that amerciable immigrants could beryllium transferred to reception camps and taxable asylum applications. The transmission of specified accusation constitutes complicity successful amerciable introduction into the country.

The NGO’s laminitis was arrested successful March astatine his location successful Tromsø. A section tribunal initially ruled successful favour of Greece’s extradition request.