Fiches Belges: Finlande

Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation?

Yes. Telecommunications interception refers to undisclosed monitoring, recording and other processing of a message sent to or transmitted from a network address or terminal end device through a public communications network connected thereto, in order to determinate the content of the message and the identifying data connected to it. Telecommunications interception may be directed only at a message that originates from or is intended for a suspect in a serious offence and the interception is assumed to be very important in the investigation.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

MLA 2000

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

National Bureau of Investigation.

* execute/recognise the measure (if other than the receiving authority)

A court at the request of an investigator-in-charge (or a prosecutor).

Accepted languages for the request/decision

N/A

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

N/A

a. Special requirements

N/A

b. Other useful information

The warrant may be given for at most one month at a time. A telecommunications company is obliged to provide assistance in executing the measure. The suspect shall be informed at the latest within a year of the termination of the use of a coercive measure.