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According to the prosecutor's office, about 300 boys aged 13 to 16 were targeted since 2011, in Norway and other Nordic countries
Norwegian authorities have charged a man in his twenties with sexual offences involving some 300 teenage boys - the biggest such case in the country's history.

The man, said to be a football referee, allegedly adopted female personas in chat forums to target boys on the internet, according to Norwegian media.

He then convinced the victims to engage in sexual acts - which he filmed - with promises of erotic photos in return, it is claimed.

According to the prosecutor's office, about 300 boys aged 13 to 16 were targeted since 2011, in Norway and other Nordic countries

'The case is a serious one, and it is the biggest case of sexual abuse in Norway to date,' state prosecutor Guro Hansson Bull said in a statement.

According to the prosecutor's office, about 300 boys aged 13 to 16 were targeted since 2011, in Norway and other Nordic countries.

One of the charges facing him is rape, according to reports.

The man 'admits the facts,' his lawyer Gunhild Laerum told broadcaster NRK, but has yet to respond to each individual charge.

The trial will be held in 2019.