Career story of Detective Sergeant Mirka Törhönen

4.12.2025 | According to the Police Barometer, Finns are particularly concerned about crimes committed by young people, firearms, and the use and sale of drugs in public places. The police have defined crime prevention as the priority for next year.

11.10.2024 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has completed criminal investigation into suspected war crimes committed in Ukraine in 2014. One person is suspected of several war crimes, including an aggravated war crime.

15.12.2023 | National Bureau of Investigation investigates alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine.

10.10.2024 | According to an annual report by the Police University College, the number of suspected hate crimes continued to increase in 2023.

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...

Supervision of foreign nationals The police monitor adherence to the Aliens Act and regulations based on it. Supervision of foreign nationals is a statutory duty of the police on the basis of the Aliens Act. It is primarily carried out as part of ...

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 - ...

13.1.2021 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has concluded criminal investigation into several aggravated criminal offences committed in Liberia between 2000 and 2003. The suspect is a Sierra Leone national born in 1969.

13.4.2026 | The criminal investigation into the unmanned aerial vehicle found in Iitti, Päijät-Häme continues. The Border Guard investigates the incident as a suspected territorial violation, and the National Bureau of Investigation investigates a suspected grossly negligent endangerment.

2.4.2026 | Based on information gathered during the investigations, the authorities do not completely exclude the possibility that, in addition to the unmanned aerial vehicles already found in Finland, several other such aircraft might have ended up in the country.

Getting a passport You can apply for a standard passport online or by visiting the police station of your choice. It is easiest to do this online. Have your passport photograph taken. The photography studio sends your passport photograph to the po...

11.3.2020 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) requests that a citizen of Sierra Leone, born in 1969, be placed on remand on suspicion of murders and aggravated war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in exceptional circumstances. The remand hearing is held at the Pirkanmaa District Court on Thursday 12 March at 11 o’clock.

4.12.2025 | The Police Museum's new online exhibition “In Memoriam – Police killed in the line of duty” examines the history of police fatalities. The exhibition reveals for example the most dangerous types of assignments for police officers and how the work community responded to these events in different periods.

10.7.2025 | During the visit the delegation met with law enforcement authorities and got acquainted with their operational environment.

17.10.2024 | Two German men died in a plane crash in Räyskälä

10.6.2022 | In his blog post on the Finnish police website, National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen emphasises the significance of citizens’ confidence and cooperation between various parties in times of instability.

28.4.2022 | Разом з муніципалітетом Гельсінкі та іншими організаціями, спільнотами та мешканцями ми відповідаємо за безпечну та затишну столицю. Поліційна станція Гельсінкі знаходиться у Пасілі. У нас можете подати заяву про скоєний злочин, подати на паспорт, посвідчення особи та інші дозволи.  До нас можна звертатись, навіть не знаючи фінської, шведської чи англійської мови. Через перекладача можете спілкуватися з нами будь-якою мовою.

24.8.2023 | Nordic police commissioners strengthened cooperation to combat street gang phenomenon 

14.7.2022 | In June, Finnish authorities participated in the international action days against trafficking in human beings and labour exploitation. The action was targeted at cleaning companies, and more than a thousand locations were checked.