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In early June, Nicolai Wammen (S) handed over the Ministry of Finance to fellow party member Peter Hummelgaard, while Nicolai Wammen is now Minister of Justice. He now wants to "clean up" the police following sharp criticism from the National Audit Office. (Archive photo). Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Wammen wants to clean up the police after criticism of case dismissals

Denmark’s Justice Minister, Nicolai Wammen, states that the police must be “corrected” and “cleaned up” following severe criticism from the National Audit Office and State Auditors. The Audit Office deemed police practices for shelving personal and financial crime cases “very unsatisfactory,”...

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