Sexual crimes

Finland

CRIME

Finland: more and more foreign taxi drivers suspected of sexual crimes

The Nomad Today 11/24/21

Police say that between 2019 and 2021, taxi drivers suspected of sex crimes came mainly from the Middle East, South Asia, and East and West Africa

Spain

CRIME

Spain crime rate falls to all-time low, but sexual assaults increase

The Nomad Today 11/5/21

Between January and September there were 1,601 penetrative sexual assaults (rapes), an increase of 30%

Finland

CRIME

Helsinki taxi driver sentenced to 6 years for drugging, raping women

The Nomad Today 8/7/21

One of the victims was 16 years old

Finland

FORSSA

Police looking for 'foreign-looking man' suspected of sexual assault

The Nomad Today 6/7/21

The suspect had dark hair, short on the sides, a "normal" body build and spoke Finnish well.

Finland

HELSINKI REGION

Police suspect 40-year-old taxi driver drugged and raped women

The Nomad Today 4/28/21

Investigators believe that the suspect may have committed more crimes than known so far and have asked other possible victims to contact authorities.

World

ARRESTED IN 2018

Danish court hands six-year sentence to man over online sexual abuse

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/16/20

He used a fake identity, pretending to be a teenage girl.

Finland

POLICE STATISTICS

Rapes by foreigners plummet, drug-related crimes on the rise

The Nomad Today 8/5/20

More foreign nationals are victims of property crimes than suspects.

Finland

NUMBER OF OFFENCES INCREASING

Crime figures: murders on the rise, assaults and rapes decreased

The Nomad Today 7/14/20

The total number of offences against the Criminal Code recorded in Finland by the police, customs and border guard during the period from January to June was 232,900, which is 9.1% more than one year…

Finland

Police need help finding rapists of a woman in Pietarsaari

The Nomad Today 7/7/20

The victim was forced by three men to get into a red van, where she was raped.

Finland

HELSINKI

Suspect in child sex crimes arrested in Kannelmäki

The Nomad Today 7/3/20

Police say the suspect has "bushy black hair" and is originally from the Middle East.

Finland

Police transfer child sexual abuse case with 30 victims to prosecutors

The Nomad Today 6/2/20

A young native Finnish man is suspected of numerous crimes of rape and child sexual exploitation.  

Finland

Espoo sex offender sentenced to 6 years for abusing and raping girls

The Nomad Today 5/29/20

A 29 year-old man born in Ghana contacted teenage girls on Instagram and attracted them by offering alcohol, tobacco and drugs.

Finland

Criminality

Sexual offences increased in Finland so far in 2019

The Nomad Today 10/18/19

According to Statistics Finland, 1,128 rapes were recorded from January to September, which was 121 cases more (12%) than in the same period of 2018. Similarly, other sexual offences increased.

Finland

30-year-old man arrested in Espoo suspected of abusing 52 children

The Nomad Today 8/14/19

According to the Police, the abuses took place in 2018 and 2019. The victims are girls between 9 and 15 years old from all over Finland. Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat published the suspect is from…

Finland

Police statistics: increased number of homicides and sexual offences

The Nomad Today 7/26/19

The latest report published by the National Police Board of Finland show that in the first half of 2019 homicides grew by 20.59% and sexual crimes by 16.6% in Finland. Around 28% of suspects of…

Finland

Police looking for a "dark-skinned" man who assaulted a woman in Lahti

The Nomad Today 7/19/19

According to the investigators, a young adult woman was walking in the woodlands when a 20-30 year-old man who "poorly spoke Finnish" tried to forcefully kiss her.

Finland

Police ask for help to find the rapist of a 17-year-old girl on Midsummer

The Nomad Today 6/28/19

They need information about the car used by the suspect to get to the place where the assault occurred, in Joensuu.

Finland

Finland passes a law to remove citizenship from those who attack its 'vital interests'

The Nomad Today 4/26/19

Having been convicted of treason, incitement to war, espionage, terrorism or aggravated human trafficking are some of the reasons for losing citizenship in accordance with the new Citizenship Act,…

Finland

Helsinki will host a conference on sexual violence against women and children in sports

The Nomad Today 4/26/19

The event will be organized on April 29 in the framework of the Finnish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers

Finland

Sexual abuse and forced marriages: Finland seeks strategies against child trafficking

The Nomad Today 3/21/19

Experts believe there are far more victims than shown in official statistics and demand an action plan against human trafficking