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Norway’s northern lights nightmare, as illegal tour operators target travellers
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A guided tour to see the northern lights in Grotfjorden, near Tromso, Norway, on Feb 23. This Arctic region has seen a boom in tourism, but as tourists chase the northern lights, scammers chase their money.
PHOTO: NICOLE TUNG/NYTIMES
Lynsey Chutel and Louise Kruger
TROMSO, Norway – Following in an unmarked car, the police took immediate interest in a dark grey minivan with foreign licence plates. The stop-start driving was suspicious. So was the driver’s frantic texting on his cellphone.
When he finally drove up to the sludge-clogged terminal entrance of Tromso airport in Norway, he picked up two passengers.
