18.2.2025 | Rikosten ja poliisin hälytystehtävien määrä kasvaa Helsingissä

22.1.2025 | The active early phase of the criminal investigation into the cable damage is about to be completed. The focus of the investigation is on the assessment of possible intent and related facts.

25.11.2024 | Investigations at the scene where the C-Lion-1 sea cable between Finland and Germany was ruptured are ongoing. The Border Guard's patrol vessel Turva is still at the scene to continue underwater investigations in the Baltic Sea.

2.5.2023 | The National Bureau of Investigation and the National Criminal Police of Estonia have investigated together aggravated trafficking in human beings involving companies with links to the construction industry. It is suspected that an organisation consisting of different companies and individuals has deceived several dozen workers into coming to work in Finland in circumstances such as forced labour and has gained criminal proceeds of over 2.3 million euros from this activity.

6.5.2025 | The National Bureau of Investigation has completed a large criminal investigation into terrorist offences. One person is suspected of public exhortation to an offence committed with a terrorist intent and of contributing to the activities of a terrorist group.

13.3.2025 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has started a criminal investigation into the activities of the City of Helsinki in relation to the data breach discovered in spring 2024. The investigation was opened on the basis of the NBI's preliminary inquiry into the matter.

11.4.2024 | The police have made progress in the criminal investigation into the shooting incident at Viertola school on 02 April and most of the interviews have been completed. The police have been working in close cooperation with various authorities, including the District Prosecutor.

6.2.2025 | The Southeast Finland Police are investigating the disappearance of an underaged child in Lappeenranta. The child crossed the border to Russia illegally on Friday the 31st of January.

29.4.2025 | Serious violent crimes have been detected by a joint operation carried out between the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Swedish Police. In the case under investigation, Swedish citizens are suspected of having organised the commission of violent acts in Sweden and Denmark. One suspect is suspected of about ten violent acts.

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

9.5.2025 | The National Bureau of Investigation continues cooperation with Chinese authorities in the investigation into the damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline. Information about any investigative measures taken by the authorities of China and Hong Kong is, however, provided by the competent authorities themselves.

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.

20.11.2024 | Based on preliminary inquiries, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has decided to open a criminal investigation into the damage caused to the sea cable between Finland and Germany. The suspected criminal act is currently investigated as aggravated criminal mischief and aggravated interference with communications.

31.12.2025 | The police, together with other authorities, have moved the cargo vessel to a safe place for further inquiries. They are also in the process of establishing information related to the vessel. 

21.5.2025 | The National Bureau of Investigation has closed a criminal investigation into suspected unauthorised intelligence activities in Southeastern Finland in 2022. On the basis of the interviews and other investigative measures carried out, the investigation was closed and there is no reason to suspect an offence in the matter.

17.5.2025 | Euran helikopteriturmassa viisi kuolonuhria – poliisi jatkaa onnettomuuden tutkintaa

13.6.2025 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has completed its criminal investigation into the damage caused to cables in the Gulf of Finland on 25 December 2024. Based on the investigation, senior officers of the tanker Eagle S are suspected of aggravated criminal mischief and aggravated interference with telecommunications.

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.

27.4.2026 | Police call-out volumes continue to rise — police concerned about the increasing violence of youth crime

7.7.2026 | Online sexual violence directed at children is becoming more common – prevention requires open discussion and vigilance

25.9.2025 | Police request certain witnesses to come forward regarding a suspected robbery in Vaasa

4.6.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation has largely completed an extensive criminal investigation involving Uros Oy, in which the suspected criminal damage amounts to nearly 38 million euros. The case involves multiple suspected aggravated financial offences and dozens of persons interviewed across several countries.

4.6.2025 | A long-planned large-scale operation targeting the top leaders and middle management of an Albanian-led criminal network was carried out in Albania on the third of June 2025. Thus far, a total of 55 persons have been convicted in different court instances and almost 300 kilos of drugs seized in the case concerned in Finland.

5.6.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has completed the criminal investigation into damage to two subsea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland in late 2025. The investigation has concluded with four suspects.

5.1.2026 | Criminal Investigation into the Fitburg Vessel to Continue for Weeks

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.

30.3.2026 | Operation in Response to UAV incidents in South-East Finland Continues

30.6.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating two separate cases involving severed cables, one in Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, and the other in Malmi, Helsinki.

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.

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5.8.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation has conducted a criminal investigation into a suspected violation of a business secret and misuse of a position of trust by employees of a Finnish company. It is suspected that the employees used information obtained from their employer to start a competing business in the name of another company.

12.8.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation investigated the involvement of four persons in supporting the activities of the EU-listed terrorist organisation Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its fundraising in Finland.

Internal supervision is one of the work tasks of everyone working for the Police. Internal monitoring involves everyday procedures and ways of acting aimed at securing operational legality and productivity.

The Police definition of street gangs refers to groups associated with certain urban neighbourhoods, with several active identified individuals and defined hierarchies and leaders.

9.9.2026 | The concluded investigations have confirmed that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which fell to the ground in Finland in spring originated in Ukraine. Their deviation into Finland was caused by GNSS jamming detected at the time, combined with the prevailing weather conditions.

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27.8.2026 | The National Bureau of Investigation has concluded a criminal investigation into an international case involving the importation and distribution of narcotic substances. During the investigation, police seized 6.5 kilograms of alpha-PVP among other substances, equivalent to an estimated 260,000 doses.