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Crime

3 months ago
A 19-year-old female conscript nearly died during a training exercise in Dragsvik two years ago.
3 months ago
A woman who bribed a policeman to check on her son’s criminal cases later filed a complaint against the officer.
3 months ago
According to estimates from the Finnish Commerce Federation, shoplifting costs Finland’s retail sector about one billion euros per year.
3 months ago
Police initially detained four men on suspicion of aggravated rape in a cabin on board the Helsinki-Stockholm ferry.
3 months ago
Helsinki District Court issued the man with a one-year restraining order in January.
3 months ago
A police investigation has found evidence that Swedish organisers arranged apartments in the Helsinki region to serve as drug distribution hubs.
3 months ago
A Finnish prosecutor ordered the release of the suspects in Stockholm as the alleged crime occurred in Finnish waters.
3 months ago
Authorities have dealt with over 400,000 reports of suspected criminal offences during the first nine months of this year, a 3 percent increase on the same period last year.
3 months ago
Hungary set to welcome another suspected war criminal, a violent incident in a VR dining car, and a first taste of wintry weather throughout the country, all in the week’s last press roundup.
3 months ago
Domestic violence is a crime subject to prosecution, regardless of whether the victim wishes the case to proceed, according to Deputy Justice Chancellor Mikko Puumalainen.