Fiches Belges: Finlande

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

Yes. Police officers of a foreign state referred to in Article 41 of the Schengen Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement have a right to pursue in the territory of Finland an offender who was caught in the act of committing an offence or escaped from the territory of the police officer's country, and to apprehend him and carry out a security check.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

N/A

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

National Bureau of Investigation

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

Police, customs and frontier guard authorities.

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

An apprehended person shall be handed over without delay to the district police of the place of the apprehension, who shall also be informed of any other measure taken in the territory of Finland.