Event 209

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia",
    "FI-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Story is published by Yle, Finland's national public broadcaster, and directly cites Border Guard officials and specific statistics. Screenshot confirms the quotes and numbers.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "The Finnish Border Guard has opened 25 criminal investigations into the organisation of unauthorised crossings. More than 30 people are suspected of smuggling asylum seekers through the eastern border, with cases involving aiding illegal entry and related document forgery.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-19T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "25 criminal investigations into organised unauthorised crossings",
    "At least 35 suspects identified",
    "Majority of cases relate to crossings from Russia since August 2023",
    "Use of false documents and organised smuggling operations cited"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The Finnish Border Guard has opened 25 criminal investigations into the organisation of unauthorised crossings.",
    "The Finnish Border Guard suspects at least 35 people of smuggling asylum seekers through the eastern border.",
    "Criminal investigations related to illegal crossings from Russia have been open since the beginning of August.",
    "Most of these investigations began in November and December of last year, when more than a thousand asylum seekers came in Finland through the Russian border.",
    "Since August, about 14,600 asylum seekers from a total of 23 countries have come to Finland via Russia."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "25 criminal investigations into organised unauthorised crossings",
            "At least 35 suspects identified",
            "Majority of cases relate to crossings from Russia since August 2023",
            "Use of false documents and organised smuggling operations cited"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Border Guard: More than 30 people suspected of human smuggling across eastern border",
  "location_text": "Finnish eastern border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_209_1763919699_401f6585.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Border ??Border Guard: More than 30 people suspected of human smuggling across eastern border",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079957"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Over 30 suspects are under investigation for smuggling asylum seekers across Finland's eastern border. 25 criminal investigations have been opened since August relating to organised illegal crossings from Russia.",
  "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079957"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Migrants",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "19-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Border ??Border Guard: More than 30 people suspected of human smuggling across eastern border",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Border ??Border Guard: More than 30 people suspected of human smuggling across eastern border",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079957",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}