The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) and military intelligence authorities will be able to disclose information on offences to other authorities more extensively than before.
The President is scheduled to approve the amendments to the respective law in this regard on Friday, said the Ministry of the Interior in a press release on Thursday.
The new law will enter into force on March 20, 2026.
The amendments concern disclosing, for the purpose of combating crime, information on offences that has been obtained through intelligence collection methods.
With regard to the Supo, the amendments relate to the provisions on firewalls laid down in the Police Act, that is, primarily the rights of the agency to disclose information to crime prevention authorities.
Similar amendments concerning the disclosure of criminal information were also made to the Act on Military Intelligence.
The Supo will be allowed to disclose information on offences of treason and high treason, as well as terrorist offences, more extensively than is currently permitted.
These offences include negligent disclosure of a national secret, treasonable conspiracy, illegal military activities, travelling for the purpose of committing a terrorist offence, and public exhortation related to terrorist offences.
In addition, information may be disclosed in certain situations where it is important to protect national security against activities that pose a serious threat.
International exchange of information by the Supo will also become more effective. In international cooperation, it may also disclose information, including personal data, to NATO.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
