Norway Probes Oslo Accords Architects Over Corruption and Epstein Ties
Økokrim, Norway’s economic crime unit, is finally digging into the mess surrounding Mona Juul and Terje Rød-Larsen. These two were the stars behind the 1993 Oslo Accords, but now they're facing a probe into allegations of corruption and their shady ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Juul actually stepped down as ambassador to Jordan in February 2026 because of these disclosures. While some reports claim this is a 30-year conspiracy, we’re focusing on the missing documents and the specific money trails that are trashing Norway's image as a 'neutral' peacemaker.
Norway is investigating the key figures behind the Oslo Accords for corruption linked to Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a move that has reignited the hunt for hundreds of state documents that have been missing since 1993.
The Økokrim investigation is laser-focused on the money. Specifically, it's looking at the close ties between the late Jeffrey Epstein and the Rød-Larsen family. It's no secret that Rød-Larsen quit as president of the International Peace Institute in 2020 after news broke that he’d taken a $130,000 personal loan from Epstein and directed nearly $400,000 of IPI’s money into Epstein-linked projects. Now, criminal investigators want to know if those financial hooks influenced Norway's diplomacy—or if this corruption goes back decades.
But here’s the kicker: this scandal has reopened a 20-year-old mystery about the 'missing' Oslo Accords archives. Back in 2004, a historian named Hilde Henriksen Waage found out the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) didn't have any records of the secret talks from 1993. Not one. When she tried to find them, she says Juul—who was undersecretary at the time—called her in and told her to stop her research to save Norway's reputation. To this day, the MFA claims it has no idea where the files are.
“Norway was not a neutral player as they have tried to make it look like.”
Now, Norway’s Red Party is using the scandal to dismantle the 'fairytaleLoaded Language' of Norwegian neutrality. They’re demanding the release of Juul and Rød-Larsen's private archives to see if private interests, rather than national policy, were actually steering the ship. For the Red Party, it's time for a reality check on the 'Norway Model' of diplomacy. They argue it’s historically prioritized optics over a real, sustainable peace for Palestinians.
Some outlets are convinced Epstein was an Israeli intelligence asset, but let's be clear: that hasn't been proven. What is documented, however, is Epstein’s proximity to high-level Israelis like Ehud Barak and his financial reach into the Norwegian diplomatic core. The distinction matters. We have bank records and resignations for the corruption; the talk of geopolitical orchestration is still just intense suspicion in the halls of parliament.
As this plays out, the real concern is the integrity of the Norwegian MFA. If private individuals can just make state records vanish to protect their own legacy, the accountability of the entire diplomatic service is at stake. The next big thing to watch? The Økokrim audit of the Rød-Larsen trust funds. Everyone's waiting to see if any of those missing 1993 documents turn up during the searches of their private homes.
Summary
Økokrim, Norway’s economic crime unit, is finally digging into the mess surrounding Mona Juul and Terje Rød-Larsen. These two were the stars behind the 1993 Oslo Accords, but now they're facing a probe into allegations of corruption and their shady ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Juul actually stepped down as ambassador to Jordan in February 2026 because of these disclosures. While some reports claim this is a 30-year conspiracy, we’re focusing on the missing documents and the specific money trails that are trashing Norway's image as a 'neutral' peacemaker.
⚡ Key Facts
- Mona Juul and Terje Rød-Larsen are under investigation by Norwegian authorities (Økokrim) for corruption related to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Mona Juul resigned her diplomatic post as ambassador to Jordan due to the Epstein scandal.
- Hundreds of documents related to the 1993 Oslo Accords are missing from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives.
Norway Probes Oslo Accords Architects Over Corruption and Epstein Ties
Network of Influence
- The Red Party in Norway (political gain against the establishment)
- Critics of the Oslo Accords and normalization with Israel
- Actors seeking to delegitimize the 'Norway model' of peace diplomacy
- The specific nature of the 'close contacts' between Juul/Rod-Larsen and Epstein is not detailed, nor is it proven that these ties influenced the 1993 accords.
- The claim that Epstein was an 'agent of Israel' is a common conspiracy theory but lacks verified evidence in the public domain.
- While the Oslo Accords are widely criticized for failing to reach a final status agreement, the article omits the internal Palestinian and Israeli political shifts (e.g., the assassination of Rabin, the rise of Hamas) that also contributed to the failure.
The article frames the Oslo Accords not as a failed diplomatic effort, but as a corrupt 'fairytale' engineered by compromised Norwegian officials acting as proxies for Israeli interests and linked to a notorious sex offender.