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- Niuvanniemi escapee Jani Väänänen missing for over two weeks – police search for murder suspect
- Human trafficking suspicion in Finland: doctor suspected, academic woman victim
- Police investigate treatment of Chinese workers at Kotka battery materials factory
- Around 20 suspected break-ins at MPs' homes in Helsinki
- Payment card fraud ring exposed in Finland – link to Foxtrot street gang, €150,000 in criminal proceeds
- Amphetamine network exposed in Turku – 320 kilograms of drugs brought into Finland
- Man with knife approached Foreign Minister Stubb in central Helsinki in 2008
- Naantali spa shooting: 37-year-old remanded on aggravated assault charge
- 38-year-old man exposed himself to children in Espoo – police seek witnesses
- Man arrested for sexual assault on child in Espoo shopping centres
- Espoo man arrested – suspected of child sexual harassment in shopping centres
- Man exposed genitals to children in Espoo shopping centres – arrested
- 45-year-old man charged with human trafficking and rape in Espoo – prosecutor seeks 13 years imprisonment
- South-Western Finland Police Seize Bladed Weapons Daily – Law Tightened in 2026
- Inga Tahvanainen missing from Punkaharju: police continue search
- Runner shot with air gun in Nokia – police seek tips from Pinsiöntie
- Suspected killing in Pihtipudas – victim and suspect knew each other
- Jani Väänänen, fugitive from Niuvanniemi Hospital, still at large – police search capital region
- Man suspected of murder in Kuopio previously convicted of manslaughter almost 20 years ago
- Minor stabbed at Koivukylä railway station – suspect arrested
- TV police officer charged with death of young woman – ambulance not dispatched in Uusimaa
- TV police officer charged with causing young woman's death – failed to record ambulance callout as completed
- Three young men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Kirkkonummi
- Intimate partner violence surged up to 100% – East Uusimaa police released alarming figures
- Three young men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Kirkkonummi
- Rolf Nordmo, accused of murder, spoke about his relationship with Janne Puhakka in the Court of Appeal
- Icon property company trial begins – 400 victims and 40 million euros
- Rolf Nordmo in appellate court: "I cannot explain why I shot" – murder conviction contested
- Tampere woman arrested in connection with strangling death in Vaasa – male partner found dead at home
- 22-year-old sergeant dies in maritime rescue exercise – two officers charged with causing death
- AI-generated nude images of over a hundred girls – dozens of crime reports filed in Lappeenranta
- Vaasa woman suspected of killing boyfriend by strangling – preliminary investigation complete
- Airisto Gem criminal case in Turku Court of Appeal – prosecutor seeks harsher sentence for Melnikov
- Carer acquitted of assault charges at Espoo Rinnekoti – five minors were alleged victims
- Airiston Helmi economic crime case in appeals court – prosecutor: company was a "front"
- Intentional fire in Kirkkonummi: five young men suspected of attempted murder
- Kirkkonummi fireworks fire: three young men arrested for attempted murder
- Kirkkonummi terraced house fire: three young men remanded in custody for attempted murder
- Citizenship obtained through fraud: at least 12 people suspected – Russian national allegedly arranged fabricated employment relationships
- Tuusula moped meet: 15-year-old suspected of three offences, case referred to prosecutor
- Murder investigation in Martinlaakso, Vantaa – victim a man aged over 20
- Murder inquiry in Vantaa's Martinlaakso – man in his early twenties dies at home
- Murder investigation underway in Vantaa's Martinlaakso – victim a man aged over 20
- Murder threats against minister on social media – police investigating in Pirkanmaa region
- Murder charge in Kontula: man died from thinner dose at social gathering
- Police dispersed thousands of young people in Tampere – firework violence spread across Finland
- Lapua human trafficking case goes to appeals court – all parties appeal judgment
- Esperi mental health unit stabbing case in court – prosecutor demands nine years
- Court of appeal increases sentences for two Joensuu men over drugs offences – almost a decade in prison
- Oulu: 400 wine bottles stolen from restaurant Alfred's cellar – losses of €7,000–8,000
- Man from Vaasa arrested for two murders – deliberate collision and fire in Laihia and Vaasa
- Turku Court of Appeal convicts Iraqi man of rape – forced marriage to 13-year-old relative
- Suspected double murderer in Vaasa, 27, claims victim was selected at random in Laihia
- 27-year-old man suspected of two murders in Vaasa and Laihia
- Mother of Sonja murdered in Vaasa received disturbing videos from suspect on night of killing – 27-year-old remanded in custody
- Rolf Nordmo trial in Helsinki: witnesses described man's distressed state
- 15-year-old convicted of murder in Iiti – 10 years' imprisonment and €18,500 in damages
- Ice Cage star's BMW found with 160 kg of amphetamine – Gadiev cleared of charges
- Shooting incidents in Lahti and Nastola: two men sentenced to six-month prison terms
- Cocaine use rising across most of Finland – THL wastewater study