4.7.2025 | The Police in Ostrobothnia request that the parents of the missing family be remanded in custody in absentia

5.12.2025 | The Gaming Police project has been awarded the Recognition for Act of Dialogue in Finland

25.9.2025 | Police request certain witnesses to come forward regarding a suspected robbery in Vaasa

18.7.2025 | The police continues active investigation in the case of the missing family

29.11.2024 | The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2029.

8.7.2025 | Parents of missing family remanded in absentia – police continue search efforts

16.5.2025 | The course will be held from 12 to 16 May 2025 and attended by approximately 50 persons such as police officers and experts in social welfare, health care and youth work.

29.9.2025 | The police conducted intensified supervision of public order and security in the areas of all police departments in Finland during the first three weeks of September from 1 to 21 September 2025. The surveillance campaign collected observations on issues such as the occurrence of various intoxicants in the areas of the police departments.

12.11.2024 | The post will be filled for a maximum period of five years from 1.12.2024 to 30.11.2029.

18.9.2025 | Gambling is being marketed illegally on various social media platforms and in game streams, and the police are addressing this activity. A particular concern for the police is the marketing of gambling targeted at young people.

18.9.2025 | Illegal marketing of gambling in game streams and social media

24.9.2024 | The national human trafficking investigative team of the Helsinki Police Department is transferring a suspected criminal case for the consideration of charges as aggravated usury. The police suspects that kickbacks were collected from up to 200 Ethiopian healthcare employees. The prime suspect has remained in custody since July.

29.1.2024 | The Finnish police have observed the changes in the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, over the past year. In order to secure operational security, the police will transfer operational communications from X to the Poliisi.fi website from 1 February 2024 onwards.

30.6.2023 | Shrinking age groups and urbanisation are already realities today and nor are the police immune to these phenomena. The National Police Board’s recent analysis of the operational environment shows the challenges can already be seen with retaining the workforce in some duties, especially in sparsely populated areas and smaller police stations. Young people in particular prefer to move to growth centr...

14.8.2023 | Come and mark Police Day in Oulu or Paltamo

22.8.2023 | The Official gaming companions project will test and study how the police could intervene with harmful activities and crime in gaming communities and gaming platforms.

1.8.2022 | Police Day will again be marked in all police department areas on Saturday 27 August 2022 after a two-year break.

27.9.2022 | The Police will organise intensified elk and deer hunting controls on 1 and 2 October 2022 in the Finnish regions of Lapland, Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu and on 8 and 9 October 2022 in other parts of Finland. The controls will take place in collaboration with other wilderness supervision authorities responsible for fishing and hunting issues.

27.10.2021 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has investigated the computer break-in against Psychotherapy Centre Vastaamo since autumn 2020. Progress has been made in the criminal investigation, and the next step is to interview victims of the hacking incident online.

14.12.2020 | The Oulu police wish everyone a peaceful and merry Christmas. This unusual year has tested everyone’s resources and stamina. Mental health problems, substance abuse problems, violence in close relationships, online fraud and traffic safety have been particularly prominent in the police’s analysis.