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.

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.

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.

24.3.2026 | Young people online An educator's guide to cybercrime prevention and responsible online behaviour. 2026 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Young people online 5 3 What is cybercrime? 7 3.1 Cybercrimes in Finnish legislation 8 3.2 Specific features of cyb...

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...

Illegal money collection campaigns Has someone asked you to donate money or are you otherwise thinking about donating? Never donate anything to a money collection until you have ensured that their campaign is legitimate! Ask for the organiser’s pe...

Small-scale money collections As the name suggests, small-scale money collections are money collection campaigns of a limited duration with a ceiling for the amount of money that can be raised. The local police department must be notified of all s...

10.3.2025 | From 17 to 23 February 2025, the police had an enhanced presence on the most popular online platforms for young people. During the week, police officers discussed and shared information with young people on how to protect themselves from cybercrime phenomena on Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, among others.

25.5.2022 | 1 in 3 teens have seen non-consensually shared nudes. The Police of Finland is participates in the Think Before You Share campaign, which is launched by AMBER Alert Europe, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the field of child protection, and law enforcement officers from 28 countries around the globe.

29.3.2023 | The increase in digital scams continued during 2022 and Finns lost a total of EUR 32.4 million to fraudsters. Watch out, verify, warn others – a joint campaign by Finnish authorities, NGOs and companies – makes the point that everyone can help prevent scams.

2.2.2022 | Helsinki Police Symphonic Band’s instructive videos for school-aged children and teenagers are freely available for all on YouTube.

10.3.2026 | There has been a sharp rise in the number of suspected sexual offences reported to the police where the perpetrator is a minor. According the National Police Board’s statistics for 2025, the number of suspected criminal offences committed by under-15s has increased by 78 per cent in five years. Among 15- to 17-year-olds, the number has increased by 63 per cent.

14.3.2024 | National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 August 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2023 2 Summary REPORT NAME Environmental Crime Report 2023 PREPARED BY Finnish National Group for Monitoring of Environmental Offences PUBLISHED 8/2...

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

24.7.2018 | Police statistics for January–June: Traffic monitoring successfully targeted – growth in narcotics offences and sexual harassment are challenges

24.7.2018 | Police statistics for January–June: Traffic monitoring successfully targeted – growth in narcotics offences and sexual harassment are challenges

18.2.2022 | Police statistics for 2021 are now complete and available on the police website. The table includes statistics both by the type of crime and categories of offence.

26.4.2016 | Waste is fermenting into a breeding ground for crime

22.12.2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2022 The National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime, Finland 01 August, 2022 2 Summary TITLE Environmental Crime Report 2022 PREPARED BY National Monitoring Group on Environmental Crime PUBLISHED August, 20...

16.9.2021 | In spring and summer 2021, the police detected an online fraud scheme in which criminals are phishing for online banking codes for malicious purposes. The police have set up a national investigation team to tackle this crime.