The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has issued a new terrorist threat assessment according to which the threat is bigger than before.
The threat has been further increased by Finland's stronger profile within the radical Islamist propaganda and more serious links of CT target individuals with terrorist activities.
At the same time, a new four-tier scale was implemented to describe the threat level. The terrorist threat in Finland is at the level elevated.
The most significant terrorist threat in Finland is still posed by individual actors or small groups motivated by radical Islamist propaganda or terrorist organisations encouraging them. Supo has become aware of more serious terrorism-related projects and plans in Finland.
- Because the terrorist threat against Finland is bigger than ever before, it is essential that we can inform people of it as clearly as possible. Due to the continuous changes in the operating environment of counterterrorism, we have decided to implement a four-tier scale to describe the threat level, says Supo's Director Antti Pelttari.
The previous threat assessment by Supo was issued in November 2015. According to it, the risk posed by individual violent actions in Finland was increased but the threat of structured attacks by terrorist organizations was low.
According to the new threat assessment, the overall threat is at the level elevated. The other levels used by Supo are low, high and severe.
