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Supo have had their work cut out as a counterspy operation. The US and Russian embassies are hugely staffed. There are also many fronts posing as trading, research or 'educational' companies etc.

Supo has 200 people, all promoted through the police structure (as I understand it.)

Their main tasks are:

  • counterespionage
  • counterterrorism
  • preventing threats to internal security
  • preventive security work
  • protection
  • participation in fighting international organised crime.


You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 at 09:54:25 AM EST
The annual SUPO report for 2006 is here. It has some interesting info for us Finns, if you happen to have a particularly slow Wednesday going on ;-)

BTW I was caught in the downtown cloudburst this morning on my way to a meeting in Esplanadi. It was fun...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 at 10:08:43 AM EST
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I liked this:
Geographically closest to Finland was an attack which was to be carried out in Denmark.
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International terrorism still poses a relatively small threat to Finland.

Someone argued (in jest) that bad weather is the primary reason Finland has not been a target of terrorism. As I look out the window, I feel inclined to agree...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 at 10:33:53 AM EST
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