Keskusrikospoliisi
| Keskusrikospoliisi Centralkriminalpolisen |
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Emblem of the Police of Finland
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| Formed | 1955 |
| Headquarters | Jokiniemenkuja 4, Vantaa |
| Employees | about 695 |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior National Police Board |
| Website | www.keskusrikospoliisi.fi |
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) (Finnish: Keskusrikospoliisi (KRP), Swedish: Centralkriminalpolisen (CKP)), headquartered in the city of Vantaa since 1994, is a nationwide law enforcement agency in Finland.
NBI fights international, organised, professional, financial and other serious crime, investigates offences, provides expert services and develops methods for crime fighting and criminal investigation. The NBI is also responsible for taking measures provided in the Act on Detecting and Preventing Money Laundering (503/2008) and the Acts on Freezing Assets to Combat Terrorism (325/2013).
In addition to the offences the NBI has exposed, it investigates also the following:
When necessary, the NBI supports the local police in the first steps of homicide investigations and in coordination of preliminary actions of major cybercrime investigations.
The NBI takes part in major disaster investigations through the Finnish Disaster Victim Identification Team (DVI).
The NBI is in charge of cooperation in the field of PCB (Police Customs Border) criminal intelligence in line with the cooperation agreement made between the Police, Customs and the Border Guard. The activities are organised around the National PCB Criminal Intelligence Centre supported by the PCB Intelligence Units specialised in air traffic, sea traffic and cross-border traffic.
The NBI serves as the national authority in international police cooperation and hosts the national centres of Interpol, Europol and Schengen cooperation.
The NBI makes forensic analyses, develops and harmonises analytical methods. The Bureau also develops, tests and approves forensic investigation methods, equipment, devices and materials introduced to the police force.
The organisation is divided into Administration, Criminal Investigation, Criminal Intelligence and Forensic Laboratory. The NBI also has field offices in Tampere, Turku, Maarianhamina, Joensuu, Oulu and Rovaniemi.
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