UK hovercraft manufacturer Griffon Marine (formerly Griffon Hoverwork) has been awarded a contract by the Finnish Border Guard (FBG) for the construction and de

In the new security environment, the government said it would also ensure the strategic capabilities of the internal security actors – the border guard, the

The Finnish Border Guard suspects that a German woman who disappeared in Salla, Finnish Lapland, crossed into Russia, Yle reports. The case is being investigated as a suspected state border offence. The woman, who is about 50, is believed to have crossed the border at a location where crossing is…

Finnish and international authorities practised taking control of a vessel in Helsinki waters on Thursday, as part of preparations for further damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, Yle reports. Members of the Helsinki Police Department’s Karhu tactical unit rappelled from a helicopter onto…

Yle reports that Finnish Border Guard officers found six people hidden inside a car at the Port of Helsinki on Sunday, September 6. Five of them were Eritrean citizens and one was a Moroccan citizen. The car had arrived on a ferry from Tallinn. The vehicle was driven by a foreign national who was…

Helsinki Court of Appeal has reduced the prison sentence of a former coast guard convicted of selling police information to a drug criminal, Yle reports. The man, who worked for the Finnish Border Guard, had access to the Border Guard’s, police and Customs systems. Helsinki District Court sentenc…

Finland’s Border Guard will expand its bilateral border security assistance to Estonia through the end of September, Yle reported. The support began in August with one patrol. It will now consist of four patrols and four patrol vehicles. The assistance is linked to illegal entry from Belarus into…

Finland has completed a 200-kilometre border barrier along its eastern frontier, a project that has created jobs, changed the landscape and led one pensioner into a legal dispute, Yle reports. Jonna Hyttinen, who lives near the border in Värtsilä, in Tohmajärvi, looks towards the Finnish-Russian …

Wildlife gates in the eastern border barrier fence remain open in North Karelia, Yle reports. The Finnish Border Guard closed similar gates in southeastern Finland last week to prevent the spread of African swine fever. The Finnish Food Authority found African swine fever in wild boars in Virolah…

Finland’s Southeast Finland Border Guard is washing and disinfecting equipment, vehicles and patrol dogs as part of its daily operations after African swine fever was detected in wild boar in Virolahti, Yle reports. The Finnish Food Authority detected the virus in dead wild boar piglets found in …

RAPCON-X-configured Bombardier Challenger 650 aircraft will aid in aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions