Norway's police said Wednesday the missing wife of one of Norway's richest men has been abducted, and that her suspected kidnappers have demanded a ransom.
Chief investigator Tommy Broeske said 68-year-old Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen has been missing since October 31.
Her husband Tom Hagen a real estate investor and owner of power facilities is number 172 on a list of the country's 400 most wealthy people published by Norway's financial magazine Kapital.
His fortune in 2018 amounted to nearly 1.7 billion kroner (USD 2 billion), according to Norwegian news agency NTB.
Police said a note found in the couple's house, east of Oslo, described what would happen to her if the demanded ransom wasn't paid in the cryptocurrency Monero.
Police did not give a figure for the ransom amount, but Norway's VG newspaper reported it was 9 million euros (USD 10.3 million.) The newspaper reported that the note said Falkevik Hagen would be killed if police were involved.
Broeske declined to comment other than saying "the threats (in the note) were of a very serious character."
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