Norway ministry invests in data retrieval and search platform

Oslo, Norway-based Fast Search & Transfer, a provider of search technologies, announced that the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police has selected the company as well as its technology partner, TietoEnator, to deliver an information-management platform to improve coordination between the ministry’s record and surveillance systems. The platform will include solutions targeted to financial-crime detection, border control, criminal registry, photo archiving and Internet crime surveillance, according to the company.