Crime

Two suspects, both with links to the far-right, and one with ties to the Finns Party, have been detained by police investigating the attempted murder of a Finns Party activist in July. The National Bureau of Investigation NBI says the…

The Finnish Immigration Authority Migri says it’s investigating an apparent ‘appointments for cash’ scam where someone booked dozens of appointment times, then tried to sell them to people with a longer wait in the queue. The head of Migri’s permit…

The trial begins in Helsinki on Wednesday of five men accused of raiding a warehouse in Espoo to liberate a huge haul of cocaine. The incident happened in December last year with attackers threatening warehouse workers with replica guns, and…

Two brothers from Sweden have denied charges of attempted murder in the shooting of police officers in Porvoo last year. Their trial began in District Court on Tuesday morning with Raymond Granholm, born in 1994, and his brother Richard Granholm,…

The number of serious violent crimes in the Finnish capital has surged during the spring and summer. According to Inspector Jari Koski from the Violent Crimes Unit of Helsinki Police while the number of common assaults has been declining "the…

The only suspect in a violent attack at a Kuopio college has been charged with one count of murder and 20 counts of attempted murder. The sword rampage took place in October 2019 and prosecutors say the man, born in…

The Minister of Employment has set out a new action plan aimed at halting the exploitation of immigrant workers in Finland. A working group was set up earlier this year to look into the problem, after a media investigation highlighted…

A British man hailed as a hero during the Turku terror attack was in court Tuesday facing charges of fraud. Hassan Zubier, who lives in Sweden, was left in a wheelchair with spinal chord injuries after he rushed to the…

Accident investigators are scouring social media video to find different views of a boat crash that left a child of primary school age dead, and another person injured. The incident happened on Saturday off the coast of Hanko when a…

Police in Lapland are asking for potential witnesses to come forward after a device exploded underneath a rental car used by the Finnish Border Guard. The incident happened shortly before 01:00 in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the…