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Hate crimes What is a hate crime? The Finnish law does not define the concept of a hate crime specifically. In general terms, hate crime is a crime motivated by prejudice or hostility towards the victim’s ethnic or national origin. The crime may a...https://poliisi.fi/en/hate-crimes
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Property crimes A very large part of offences reported to the police are property crimes. Property crimes include various thefts, embezzlement, fraud and vandalism. These offences can be targeted at people and households as well as companies and c...https://poliisi.fi/en/property-crimes
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Crimes come in many forms The common denominator is that crimes violate someone else’s rights. The channels and phenomena of offences change and evolve often in time with technological progress. In this section, you will find information on the mo...https://poliisi.fi/en/crimes-come-in-many-forms
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Violent crimes Over 35,000 violent crimes come to the police’s attention each year. These include assaults, homicides and rapes. Violent crimes are often linked to human tragedies and many types of distress. Intoxicating substances are often invol...https://poliisi.fi/en/violent-crime
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13.5.2026 | The National Police Board has published an updated handbook on the investigation of crimes involving children and young people. The handbook is intended to serve as a collective guide for investigating crimes against children as well as crimes suspected to have been committed by children. The guide can be downloaded from the police website.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/new-handbook-provides-guidance-on-a-consistent-approach-and-multidisciplinary-cooperation-in-the-investigation-of-crimes-involving-children-and-young-people
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Police en Newsroom Blog Information and open discussion are key factors in combatting online scams 22.4.2026 10.36 Blog Ring ring – the phone is ringing or a message arrives in your email or as a text message. It seems that the police, a bank or s...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/information-and-open-discussion-are-key-factors-in-combatting-online-scams
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Financial criminals steal from our shared wealth In financial crime, business activities are exploited for financial gain. Statutory responsibilities may be neglected or business activities may be used for criminal purposes. When financial crimina...https://poliisi.fi/en/financial-crimes
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Police en Newsroom Blog Be cautious online – cyber-enabled crime on the increase 3.4.2025 13.07 Blog What is cyber-enabled crime? Mikko Kiiski: From the point of view of the police, one of the most typical criminal phenomena related to the online ...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/be-cautious-online-cyber-enabled-crime-on-the-increase
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Police en Newsroom Blog Concealing your face at a protest is incompatible with the values of an open and safe society 12.5.2026 12.31 Blog The events on May Day (1 May) continue to reverberate, both in the media and more broadly. The police have l...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/concealing-your-face-at-a-protest-is-incompatible-with-the-values-of-an-open-and-safe-society
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Were you the victim of a crime? Over 800,000 crimes come to the police’s attention each year, of which over 300,000 are traffic offences. This means that many people are victims of crimes. In addition to being traumatic to the victim, his/her fami...https://poliisi.fi/en/were-you-the-victim-of-a-crime
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Organised crime According to the Criminal Code, an organised criminal group is a group that consists of at least three people who cooperate to commit serious crimes. The most visible manifestation of organised criminal groups are those that wear s...https://poliisi.fi/en/offences/crime-categories/organised-crime
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5.6.2026 | - Police operational results at the beginning of the year have developed mainly in a positive direction. Overall, police operations have strengthened especially in combating serious crime and in the availability of services, says National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-operational-results-have-developed-positively-the-work-of-supervisors-is-a-strength
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Investigating cybercrime The pre-trial investigation of a crime that takes place in an information network is commenced when the police become aware of a suspected crime. In some cases, the offence may be a complainant offence that requires a comp...https://poliisi.fi/en/investigating-cybercrime
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What does trafficking in human beings mean? Human trafficking does not mean a sale as a single event. Human trafficking is a process of exploitation, where the perpetrator tries to gain financial profit by subjugating the victim by different means...https://poliisi.fi/en/trafficking-in-human-beings
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The Police definition of street gangs refers to groups associated with certain urban neighbourhoods, with several active identified individuals and defined hierarchies and leaders.https://poliisi.fi/en/criminality-by-street-gangs
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Car burglaries and unauthorised use Finland is one of the safest European countries regarding motor vehicle offences. Cars, for example, get stolen in Finland least often in the entire EU. Also the amount of cars that remain missing is small in Fi...https://poliisi.fi/en/car-burglaries-and-unauthorised-use
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Speech by National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki at the oath-taking ceremony of new police officers in Tampere on 4 December 2025 National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki Police University College Dear Minister of the Interior, Principal...https://poliisi.fi/en/speech-by-national-police-commissioner-ilkka-koskimaki-at-the-oath-taking-ceremony-of-new-police-officers-on-4-december-2025
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Offences Over 800,000 crimes come to the police’s attention each year. The information helps you prepare for crimes and preventing them. These pages contain tips for this. You can report an offence in the police’s online services. Information is a...https://poliisi.fi/en/offences
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Young offenders The minimum age of criminal liability in Finland is 15 years. Pre-trial investigations into crimes committed by children under 15 years of age are closed automatically in the absence of criminal liability. The police’s pre-trial in...https://poliisi.fi/en/young-offender
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Speech by National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki at the 50th Anniversary event of the Police Officer of the Year in Helsinki on 29 October 2025 Police Officers of the Year, dear partners and guests, Finland is one of the most stable, secure ...https://poliisi.fi/en/speech-by-national-police-commissioner-ilkka-koskimaki-at-the-50th-anniversary-event-of-the-police-officer-of-the-year