22.12.2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2021 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime, Finland 01 July, 2021 2 Content 1 General ..................................................................................................................

16.3.2021 | Privacy statement ID-21140949 1 (13) 15.03.2021 POL-2021-1402 Privacy statement; Processing of personal data in investigation and supervision duties 1 Controller National Police Board Postal address: P.O. Box 1000, 02151 Espoo Street address: Vuor...

15.11.2016 | Special police control operation on narcotics offences – the most common narcotic found and seized was cannabis

Police helpline The police helpline gives advice on non-urgent matters regarding licences, appointment bookings, e-services and traffic surveillance. You can also ask for advice on matters related to automatic traffic surveillance as well as traff...

11.1.2023 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2020 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 July, 2020 Content 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................

8.11.2017 | The police have detected several drug offences during intensified field surveillance associated with the darknet operation

8.11.2017 | The police have detected several drug offences during intensified field surveillance associated with the darknet operation

28.1.2022 | The police have nearly completed criminal investigations into a massive drug smuggling case that is most exceptional in Finnish drug history. The criminal activity began to be exposed during the international FBI-led Operation Greenlight. The police believe that the case has links to a number of other drug investigations in Finland.

27.11.2017 | 269 suspects of drunk-driving caught during pre-Christmas traffic surveillance

8.10.2020 | National Police Board reports to the Ministry of the Interior concerning the demonstration held on 3 October 2020

4.11.2025 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME IN FINLAND Review 2024 National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 August 2024 2 Summary TITLE Environmental Crime Report 2024 PREPARED BY Finnish National Group for Monitoring of Environmental Offences PUBLISHE...

24.11.2020 | Most young people in Helsinki are doing well, but a small number of youths have symptoms and commit crimes. Some youngsters have accumulated more problems than before. A number of young people with symptoms have a foreign background.

12.6.2018 | In last week’s intensive traffic monitoring campaign by the police, 152 people suspected of drunk driving were apprehended, 48 of them aggravated cases

12.10.2016 | Use of force by the police being monitored for frequency, causes and consequences

12.11.2020 | Crime in Helsinki is becoming more international and the number of youths causing concern is rising

3.3.2023 | Privacy statement ID-21140592 1 (12) 15 .03.2021 POL-2021-1402 Privacy statement; Processing of personal data in order to prevent or uncover crimes 1 Controller National Police Board Postal address: P.O. Box 1000, 02151 Espoo Street address: Vuori...

6.11.2020 | Results of the intensified drug surveillance campaign: 125 narcotics offences, 195 cases on unlawful use of narcotics and 15 aggravated narcotics offences

2.4.2019 | The threat of organised crime in growing in Europe – New international criminal gangs have extended their activities to Finland

2.4.2019 | The threat of organised crime in growing in Europe – New international criminal gangs have extended their activities to Finland

8.11.2018 | Police drug monitoring campaign uncovered 154 narcotics offences – money and weapons seized as well

4.6.2021 | The National Police Board of Finland reprimanded the Helsinki Police Department in an issue involving controls of the Roma. The criticism relates to the prevention and information collection operation named KURI1 of the mid-2010s, particularly targeted at the Roma population.

24.8.2021 | The police supervised the start of the hunting season in an intensified campaign on 20-22 August 2021, in collaboration with other authorities.

20.1.2022 | The Helsinki Police Department dismissed two police officers in 2021 and one in 2022 in a larger case related to far-right ideology. In addition, the Department issued a warning to one guard.

16.6.2021 | The drug use numbers are showing a growing trend and drugs are increasingly shown in traffic contexts, in particular. This became evident in the intensified drug offence prevention controls the Police made during the week n. 22 (31 May to 6 June).

8.11.2019 | Over 350 suspects caught in crackdown on narcotics

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3.9.2021 | The National Police Board is to carry out a nationwide review of the current state of licence administration and its future outlook.

17.8.2021 | The remaining customer services at Espoo Main Police Station will relocate to temporary premises at the end of August due to renovation work. Customers will continue to be served on the same site but customers at Kilo should note that different services and associated parking places can be temporarily found on different parts of the premises

8.6.2021 | The Finnish Police participated in a major global law enforcement operation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Europol, among others, has published a press release on the operation today on 8 June. For Finland, Operation Greenlight contributed to the fight against organised drug trafficking, in particular, and resulted in large drug seizures.

9.4.2026 | In the Western Uusimaa area, police services will be available with partially limited opening hours during the summer of 2026. Summer brings changes to the opening hours of Kirkkonummi and Raasepori Police Stations.

21.3.2022 | Helsinki Police Department is exercising in the North Pasila area on 22 and 23 March 2022.

Interpol has been a success story, also measured in terms of membership numbers. Today’s Interpol members are Police authorities of 195 states.

15.11.2021 | In early November, the Police implemented an intensified narcotics crime control campaign. All Police Departments were involved in the control actions.

23.8.2022 | The Police collaborated with other authorities during the intensified controls of the hunting season opening taking place in the weekend from 20 to 21 August 2020.

14.2.2023 | The Finnish Police, Customs and Boarder Guard conducted a joint control campaign focusing on heavy traffic during the week from 6 to 10 February 2023. In addition to the joint effort, the Police organised its separate intensive heavy traffic controls.

15.11.2022 | The total number of narcotics offences and aggravated narcotics offences have increased in comparison to the respective time period of the previous year. The same development was apparent in the number of suspected narcotics offences among youths and first-time offenders.

3.12.2021 | Terrorist offences under investigation by Southwestern Finland Police

Häme Police Department We provide police services in 21 municipalities in the Kanta-Häme and Päijät-Häme regions. Our area is characterised by the beautiful ridge landscape of Lake Päijänne and a road network popular among tourists. There are seve...

5.9.2022 | The Helsinki Police and the Finnish Defence Forces will have a joint exercise in Mäkkylä today from 8 am to 7 pm. The exercise will be held in a vacant building in Mäkkylänkuja 3, from which sounds of blanks may be heard.

The Police Blog Visible policing makes the journey to school safer 19.8.2026 15.27 National Police Board Traffic Social media is one of the tools of police work 31.7.2026 12.14 National Police Board Preventive Police Work Flares do not belong in t...