Helsinki police have carried out a special search at Plastic Surgery Center, Yle reports. The case involves suspected criminal activity. Yle’s report is being updated.

Helsinki police have received reports of barnacle geese and other wild birds being mistreated this year, Yle reported. In several cases, birds were deliberately chased, pelted with stones and attempts were made to hit them, police said. The birds have also been disturbed and injured. Police remin…

Police believe a fire at a bicycle shop in Helsinki’s Lauttasaari district was deliberately started on commission, Yle reports. The preliminary investigation has been completed and the case will now proceed to prosecutors for consideration of charges. The shop, located on the ground floor of an a…

Musician Ilkka “Ile” Vainio has apologised for a sexually suggestive Facebook post about Helsinki police traffic officer Dennis Pasterstein, Yle reported. “I apologise. I did not want to offend him,” Vainio told Yle. In the post, which Vainio deleted on Wednesday, he described Pasterstein and his…

Helsinki police systematically stopped and removed Roma from public places between 2011 and 2022, according to an investigation by Yle's MOT. Police collected the personal details of foreign Roma in a separate register, often without any suspicion of a crime. The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman says…