Biathlon-Former IBU president sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges

(Reuters) - Former International Biathlon Union (IBU) president Anders Besseberg has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for aggravated corruption, Norwegian prosecutors said on Friday.

The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Okokrim) had indicted Besseberg last year for offences which took place between 2009 and 2018.

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