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Crime

1 month ago
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1 month ago
Police were trying to clear away environmental protesters from a busy street at rush hour in downtown Helsinki on an October afternoon more than five years ago.
1 month ago
The victims seem to have been selected at random, and in some cases they were seriously injured in the violent attacks, according to police.
2 months ago
Nearly 70 percent of the crime reports filed were motivated by the victims’ ethnic or national background, according to a report.
2 months ago
The trio detonated bank machines in three towns in western Finland before being apprehended at a hotel in Kempele last April.
3 months ago
Police seized large amounts of amphetamines and cocaine, as well as weapons including several submachine guns and pistols.
3 months ago
The company allegedly accepted cash payments of up to tens of thousands of euros by customers from countries outside the EEA, according to the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland.
3 months ago
“All types of misconduct are clearly more common in foreign-owned companies,” according to a director at the Finnish Tax Administration.
3 months ago
Police are reportedly investigating the incident as a case of suspected aggravated fraud.
3 months ago
According to the prosecutor, the 19-year-old murdered a woman in Mikkeli last July before setting her house on fire.