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Law

Court: Wolf hunting permits granted improperly

Uusimaa court faces gang-connected threat

Turkey again requests legal assistance against Tampere man that insulted Erdoğan

Kuopio sword attacker not planning to appeal sentence to Supreme Court

Reported hate crime figures down slightly in 2020

15 convicted over Helsinki assault

Court issues sentence for controversial city councillor

Data Breach & Theft

NBI make "significant progress" in Vastaamo data breach, blackmail probe

Bill of indictment

Appeal court dismisses charges against Soldiers of Odin counter-demonstrator

Northern Europe

NBI top cop: Crime gangs "growing, internationalising and strengthening" in Finland

Prosecutors aim to dissolve motorcycle crime gang

Bill of indictment

Finland files first criminal charges over refusal to take Covid test

Criminal Sanctions Agency (Finland)

High cost of incarceration spurs more alternatives to prison

Prosecutor: No investigation into use of police firearm

Helsinki court freezes climate action group's assets

Bill of indictment

Court jails driver over crash that claimed three lives

Police suspect climate group of fundraising violations

Ex-Oulu politician convicted of ethnic incitement for third time

Patient Information

Supreme Court rules police cannot use sensitive Vastaamo patient data

Koskela killers accept verdicts, no appeals lodged

Offshore financial centre

Finnish criminals identified in Pandora papers data leak

Finland tightens laws on illegal threats

Climate Change Denial

Prosecutor drops ethnic agitation charges against former Left Alliance official

Man faces trial over football match racist abuse

Oulu Sub-Region

Junes Lokka's third ethnic agitation trial begins in Oulu

Violence Against Women

Government proposes creation of dedicated office to tackle domestic violence

Third teen convicted of Koskela murder may appeal sentence

Kuopio school sword attack appeal begins

Bill of indictment

18-year-old faces manslaughter charges in crash killing three youths

Bill of indictment

Two teens convicted in Koskela murder to appeal sentences

Trial (in court)

Court fines man €480 for incident involving ex-PM Sipilä

Bill of indictment

Teens handed 8-to-10-year jail terms over brutal Koskela killing

Court dismisses incitement charges against Independence Day swastika flag wavers

School surveys: Sexual violence against children on the decline

Prosecutor orders police to probe suspected ethnic incitement

Bill of indictment

Koskela killing psych evaluation finds suspects criminally responsible

Police investigate defamation, illegal threats against top cop

18-year-old handed 5 year prison term for Helsinki Metro stabbing

Leave To Appeal

Ohisalo threat convict denied leave to appeal

Violent crimes in Finnish prisons hard to crack