Crime prevention

One of the Border Guard’s core functions is cross-border crime prevention. The most serious types of cross-border crime include smuggling of and trafficking in persons as well as the facilitation of unauthorised entry.

The Border Guard is authorised to perform pre-trial investigations if the alleged offence is suspected to fall under the Border Guard's powers of inquiry. In addition to those mentioned above, offences investigated by the Border Guard include border offences, driving while intoxicated and waterway traffic intoxication, forgeries, fishing and hunting offences and environmental offences.

Finnish cooperation between the Police, Customs and Border Guard (PCBG cooperation) is an internationally unique model of cooperation.  Cooperation has taken place for decades, but in recent years it has been expanded to cover crime intelligence. Crime intelligence as a PCBG joint effort focuses on serious and cross-border crimes. PCBG cooperation aims to promote cooperation between the authorities so that duties related to internal safety and security can be performed efficiently and flexibly.