Investigating cybercrime The pre-trial investigation of a crime that takes place in an information network is commenced when the police become aware of a suspected crime. In some cases, the offence may be a complainant offence that requires a comp...

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

31.3.2026 | The investigation by authorities into the unmanned aerial vehicles that fell on Sunday, 29th March 2026, is ongoing.

29.3.2026 | Police Investigate the Falling of Flying Devices in Southeast Finland

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Police request to those applying for asylum and temporary protection in the area of the Eastern Finland Police Department, and to the persons assisting them: please contact the Police by email: Police contact details for the registration of those ...

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Deaths Approximately 10,000 deaths are reported to the police each year. The police receive a notification about the death and visit the location in question. Even though they don’t conduct the investigation of the cause of death in all cases repo...

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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 ...

26.5.2026 | Kalasataman tulipalon syttymissyyn selvitys kestää viikkoja

1.4.2026 | The Border Guard announced on 31st March 2026 that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had been observed on the ice of Lake Pyhäjärvi, located within the municipality of Parikkala. As a result of this incident, the North Karelia Border Guard has initiated a preliminary investigation into the suspected territorial violation caused by the UAV.

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

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.

Police en Newsroom Blog Several successes in police traffic safety work in 2024 28.2.2025 9.06 Blog Traffic safety concerns the whole of society. The purpose of police traffic safety work is to maintain and promote general law-abiding behaviour on...

3.7.2025 | Police is investigating the stabbing of several people in Ratina, Tampere

17.5.2025 | Euran helikopteriturmassa viisi kuolonuhria – poliisi jatkaa onnettomuuden tutkintaa

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

25.11.2025 | According to the preliminary investigation conducted by the police, the suspected aggravated pandering took place over a period of approximately two years between 2023 and 2025, mainly outside the capital region. One of the main locations was Tampere, and the case is scheduled to be heard in the Pirkanmaa District Court in December.

7.1.2026 | The Fitburg Vessel Seized by the National Bureau of Investigation

23.1.2025 | The investigation of the road accident in Sinettä has been completed

5.11.2025 | Eastern Uusimaa police and Finnish Customs uncovered a large-scale organisation importing and distributing drugs, including Alpha-PVP

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

8.5.2026 | The preliminary investigationinto the Malminkartano murder in February has been completed and the case has been referred for prosecution.

21.2.2025 | The National Bureau of Investigation has started a preliminary inquiry into the suspected cable damage which was discovered in Sweden's exclusive economic zone on 19 February 2025.

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

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.

13.6.2025 | 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.

12.1.2026 | Fitburg Vessel to move to international waters under Border Guard's control

9.3.2026 | The Helsinki Police Department has submitted a pre-trial investigation to the prosecutor for consideration of charges. The investigation into Swedish organised crime and street gangs in Northern Helsinki revealed that Crime as a Service has become a reality in Finland.

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.

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.

23.1.2026 | On Monday, January 19, 2026, based on information received from another authority, the police conducted a search at a detached house located in northern Helsinki.

24.6.2025 | A study by the Police University College describes the trend in economic crime and the state of economic crime investigation in Finland.

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.

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. 

27.12.2024 | The police have continued the investigation into the events in the Gulf of Finland in cooperation with other authorities. A tactical operation by the authorities began after multiple cables were ruptured in the Baltic Sea on Christmas Day, 25 December.

9.12.2025 | Police received a report of a violent incident at 4:48 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, on Kolsarintie in Konala. Several police units responded to the scene.

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.

3.2.2025 | Valio has filed a police report with the Helsinki Police Department regarding the data breach that occurred on December 12, 2024, which compromised the personal data of 70,000 people.

21.11.2025 | The Helsinki Police Department has received several reports regarding an Instagram post that has been described as anti-Semitic.

26.12.2024 | At this stage, the suspected offence is investigated as aggravated criminal mischief.

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.

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.

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.

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.

27.11.2024 | The crime scene investigation of the C-Lion-1 sea cable rupture site has been completed. Investigators have collected samples of the cable for further analysis by the Forensic Laboratory of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and conducted seabed imaging.

24.9.2024 | The national human trafficking investigative team of the Helsinki Police Department is transferring a suspected criminal case for the consideration of charges as aggravated usury. The police suspects that kickbacks were collected from up to 200 Ethiopian healthcare employees. The prime suspect has remained in custody since July.

14.6.2024 | The National Bureau of Investigation will request that a man born in 1990 suspected of two attempted murders be placed on remand. The request will be considered by the Oulu District Court on Monday 17 June.

8.4.2024 | The investigation into the Viertola shooting incident continued over the weekend with technical examinations and a number of interviews. The police also interviewed the suspect again. The police are more or less aware of the course of the events.

11.5.2023 | A footbridge structure crossing Itätuulenkuja in Tapiola, Espoo collapsed in the morning of 11 May. The police are investigating the incident under the offence types of endangering and injury caused through negligence. The offence types may become more specific as the investigation progresses.

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.

3.4.2024 | The investigation of the school shooting that took place yesterday morning in Viertola, Vantaa, continues at the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department.

8.8.2025 | Helsinki Police Department has received a lot of feedback about public order disturbances and the perceived lack of safety resulting from substance abuse. These disturbances are mainly related to drug use and related crime.

2.4.2024 | The investigation of the shooting at the Viertola school in Vantaa is progressing. The incident took place In Jokiranta today 2.4.2024 at nine o'clock in the morning.