Money laundering The purpose of money laundering is to disguise the origin of money or other property acquired through criminal activity to make it seem that the money or property has been obtained legally. Money laundering is an intentional crimi...

Prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing in gambling Gambling is an economic activity and consequently also one potential area that can be used for money laundering and terrorist financing. Money laundering refers to activities where...

Prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing through money collection campaigns Money collection is a major source of income for many non-governmental organisations. The whole society benefits from non-profit organisations’ being able to...

Reviews and reports on combating money laundering and terrorist financing Black Wallet project The Finnish and Swedish FIUs together with other relevant authorities implemented an EU-funded Black Wallet project to identify terrorist financing and ...

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...

Decisions and publications Most of our documents are available only in Finnish and Swedish . On this page you can find the documents that are available in English. Marketing National Police Board's guidelines on the marketing of gambling services ...

Online tip-off form Have you noticed suspicious activity on the internet? Do you suspect that something you saw may be related to an offence? Have you encountered suspicious content or material? You can leave a tip for the police about a non-urgen...

4.5.2026 | 1 (38) Letter 07.04.2026 Document: ID-26235751 Case: POL-2025-152385 Written guidelines for obliged entities on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing in gambling activities Contents Definitions ...................................

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...

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...

Applying for a gambling licence Apply for a gambling licence by submitting a written application. Write your application in Finnish or Swedish. Send the application and attachments to the National Police Board via the online service, by email, or ...

7.5.2026 | The criminal investigation has covered a range of suspected offences across the territories of three reindeer herding co-operatives, including aggravated money laundering, aggravated fraud, aggravated hunting offences and an aggravated nature conservation offence.

The career story of researcher Pirjo Jukarainen.

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 ...

8.5.2024 | The Gambling Administration of the National Police Board of Finland supervises to ensure that Veikkaus Oy and its agents comply with the Anti-Money Laundering Act, under which the supervisory authorities must have an up-to-date risk assessment of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.

29.4.2024 | GENERAL SECTION OF THE SUPERVISOR-SPECIFIC RISK ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT NATIONAL POLICE BOARD 16.4.2024 General section of the supervisor-specific risk assessment pursuant to the anti-money laundering act2 TABLE OF CON...

29.4.2024 | SUMMARY OF THE SANCTIONS RISK ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT NATIONAL POLICE BOARD 16.4.2024 Summary of the sanctions risk assessment pursuant to the anti-money laundering act2 SISÄLLYS 1. YLEISTÄ................................

21.8.2023 | National Bureau of Investigation, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Indicators 2 Abstract REPORT NAME Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Indicators PUBLICATION NAME Money Laundering and Terrorist Fina...

15.3.2024 | National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) conducts investigation into an alleged aggravated money laundering as a Finnish company has received money from Ukraine for supplying protection gear to the war zone. According to the criminal investigation, a total of 5.7 million euros was sent to a Finnish entrepreneur from the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

19.8.2025 | Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Finland Operative issues: rahanpesu.krp@poliisi.fi / +358 295 486 822 Techinical issues: rahanpesuilmoitukset@poliisi.fi / +358 295 486 833 Regulation on the Technical Form and Substance of Report Submission Finan...