Danish police widen celebrity snooping probe

Published May 14, 2014 3:43pm ET



COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Wednesday they are widening a probe into two former reporters and the publisher of a local gossip magazine, suspected of violating privacy laws by illegally accessing information — including credit card transactions — that enabled them to track Danish royals and celebrities for several years.

Police investigator Bent Isager-Nielsen said officers searched the homes of Ken B. Rasmussen and Kasper Kopping, who used to work for Se og Hoer magazine, to find more evidence. They also raided the offices of a media group and a book publisher.

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