Finnish Custom News Today

The agency argues that it has been allocated proportionately-less funding compared to the Police and the Finnish Border Guard.

Finnish Customs is currently conducting a high-profile investigation into a smuggling organization involved in trafficking narcotics from Spain to Finland within commercial freight consignments. This criminal case has led to the identification of eight suspects. Throughout the preliminary investigation, Finnish Customs has conducted searches and apprehensions in the Helsinki region and Jyväskylä.

Finnish Customs has recently concluded a major investigation into a criminal case involving the smuggling of snus, a smokeless tobacco product, from Sweden to Finland between 2021 and 2022. The operation is suspected to have resulted in nearly half a million euros in criminal proceeds. Customs has identified 17 individuals from Finland and Sweden who are believed to be involved in the illegal activities.

Finnish Customs has once again brought to light a distressing case of dog smuggling, revealing an illegal operation that has led to substantial financial gains for the perpetrators. The investigation has uncovered a web of deceit and evasion involving the illegal import of dogs from various European countries to Finland. This illicit trade has caused animal welfare concerns and economic strain on society.

According to a recent study by the World Bank, Finland has been named the worlds leading logistics country. The study examines the performance of logistics in 139 countries and measures six key areas of logistics performance, including the efficiency of customs operations, quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure, and the cost-effectiveness of international transportation.

The EU has imposed new sanctions on Russia. These sanctions extend and specify previously imposed sanctions and include new provisions on their implementation. The sanctions include a ban on imports of Russian gold to the EU. On 21 July 2022, the European Union imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

Finland's customs agency has sold 1,889.1 Bitcoins for €46.5 million after seizure for facilitating the transaction of narcotics.

Finland is planning to donate Bitcoin seized from various criminal investigations undertaken by its government to Ukraine.

The Bitcoin will be auctioned off, with "tens of millions" in proceeds going to Ukraine.

The European Union has imposed extensive sanctions against Russia and Belarus due to Russia's attack on Ukraine. As the implementing authority, Finnish Customs' tasks include enforcing the sanctions on goods agreed at EU level. On 1-2 April 2022,...