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 ...

5.10.2026 | The police blog explores a topical issue: artificial intelligence and its impact on crime committed online or through the internet.

What you should know about hacking Hey, you there, read this! Looks like you're interested in hacking and improving your cyber security skills. That's great. But do you know your limitations and responsibilities online? Here on the net, Finnish la...

Career story of Detective Sergeant Mirka Törhönen

The Cybercrime Exit project is part of the special preventive operations of the Police, with the aim of preventing serious cybercrime committed by the young, including the ensuing human suffering and damage to individuals, organisations and society.

22.7.2026 | The faces of known police officers continue to be used for scam calls on the Google Meet video conferencing application.

3.4.2025 | The police are enhancing prevention of cyber-enabled crime

Police en Newsroom Blog AI also helps criminals 5.10.2026 12.44 Blog AI-generated material accounts for a growing share of social media and other digital content. At times, it can be difficult to tell what is real and what is not. Criminals, too, ...

17.4.2026 | As part of an international joint operation coordinated by Europol called Operation PowerOFF, the Finnish Police have taken down illegal DDoS services intended for carrying out distributed denial of service attacks. The users registered with these services include thousands of people from Finland.

19.3.2026 | In the Cyber Capital project, the development areas of the authorities' cybercrime prevention expertise were identified more comprehensively than before, and the training content of cybercrime prevention was renewed using the knowledge accumulated during the project. The effort generated new expertise and strengthened international cooperation.

24.3.2026 | According to a study by the Finnish police, a significant number of young people aged 15 to 25 estimate that they have committed a cybercriminal act in the past year. In terms of the Finnish population, as many as 28.000 young people may commit cybercrime each year.

18.9.2026 | The Secretary General of INTERPOL arrived for a two-day visit at the invitation of the National Police Commissioner. The meeting focused on the good cooperation between Finland and INTERPOL and discussed, among other things, hybrid threats.

20.12.2024 | The police continued monitoring of illegal trafficking on information networks until the end of 2024 and seized narcotics, firearms and cash.

29.7.2024 | Police warns about investment frauds – Victims have lost up to hundreds of thousands of euros

Cybercrime Broadly speaking, cybercrime comprises all crime that happens in information networks or utilises information networks. When it comes to crime involving information networks, it is often sorted into cyber-dependent crime and cyber-enabl...

Projects and top-up funding The police can use its top-up funding towards the organisation’s development projects. The following projects have been financed fully or partially with top-up funding. Projects in progress Open all Close all IMPROVE - ...

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...

3.4.2025 | The Police University College (Polamk) and Jamk University of Applied Sciences organized an exercise for the authorities focusing on cybercrime prevention on 25–27 March 2025.

15.5.2025 | The report underpinned the update of the strategy against organized crime and the implementation of the Government Program in Finland.

Unlawful access to an information system Unlawful access to an information system is when someone logs in to another person's user account or device without permission. Unlawful access can be done technically, for example by using password crackin...