Crime

The Police University College in Tampere is investigating fresh allegations of sexual harassment, according to Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. The paper says female students have made official complaints about the behaviour of some male students. The allegations include verbal and physical harassment…

The Border Guard Rajavartiolaitos suspects two Iranian men, living in Finland, of being behind a people-smuggling operation. Authorities think the Iranians obtained a fake French passport for another Iranian, via a Malaysian national, according to a statement. The fraud was detected…

Officers on Oulu chased suspects traveling at speeds up to 200km per hour overnight. The incident started as police were escorting a special transport convoy on Pohjantie in the northern city. The driver of one car attempted to drive around the…

A grassroots effort to decriminalise cannabis in Finland has taken a step forward this week, with a citizen’s initiative exceeding the required 50,000 signatures to submit it to parliament. Rather than legalise cannabis, the initiative proposes decriminalisation which would discharge…

Helsinki Police say they had to resort to using force during a demonstration in the capital, with officers smashing a car window to stop the vehicle joining a parade of marchers. The incident took place during a pro-Kurdish, anti-Turkey march…

Democratic lawmakers in America have urged the Trump administration to add Finland’s Nordic Resistance Movement to a list of white supremacist groups that are classified as foreign terrorist organisations. Nearly 40 Democrats signed a letter to the House Homeland Security…

Criminals in Helsinki were using bird boxes to stash drugs, and only got caught after a member of the public found the haul by accident. It lead officers to making one of the biggest crime busts in recent memory, with…

The National Bureau of Investigations NBI says it is considering more charges for the suspect in a sword attack in Kuopio in early October which left one woman dead and nine other people injured. Police say that 24-year old Joel…

The Helsinki Court of Appeal will begin to hear the case of two right-wing agitators convicted by the District Court last October on charges of waging a sustained campaign of intimidation against a Finnish journalist. The founder of far right…

Senior figures in the nationalist Finns Party have questioned rule of law in Finland, and suggested the judiciary is biased, after another one of their Members of Parliament was convicted of anti-Islam posts on Facebook. Oulu MP Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finns)…