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The contrast is great since 1987 when Jari Aarnio was named “Police of the Year” in Finland. In recent years, he has dealt with crimes that he is said to have committed himself.
According to the verdict, when Aarnio was head of the anti-drug police in Helsinki, he helped smuggle large amounts of hashish into Finland.
During the trial, he denied it, but was sentenced to 13 years in prison for drug offenses and serious fraud.
Jari Aarnio on June 4, 2015 when he was convicted of drug trafficking and fraud.
Photo: ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO / Afp
Almost four years ago, NRK journalists met Jari Aarnio in Vantaa Prison on the outskirts of Helsinki.
He then sent a greeting to the Norwegian policeman Eirik Jensen.
A police story that no one would believe
New murder charge
Earlier this year, a new indictment was filed against the 63-year-old. He was referring to the murder of the Swedish-Turkish Volkan Ünsal, who was found dead in his Helsinki apartment in October 2003.
He is said to have been murdered in connection with a dispute over the proceeds of the Arlanda robbery in 2002. The perpetrators escaped with 44 million SEK. No one was convicted of the theft, but Ünsal managed to steal part of the proceeds. He then appeared before the police as a witness.
Four men were convicted of the murder of the Swedish-Turkish man in 2005.
But finally, the former police chief was also linked to the case. Finnish prosecutors said they had evidence that Jari Aarnio knew that Ünsal was threatened, but did nothing to protect him.
The Finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet published this message on Twitter on Tuesday about the verdict:
The Helsinki District Court confirmed the prosecution’s claim that Aarnio thus contributed to the murder by failing to prevent it. It led to a life sentence.
The Finnish media describe it as very unusual for a person to be dreamed of a murder because they have not stopped it.
Throughout the trial, Aarnio has denied having prior information about the murder.
In Finland, most people are paroled after 12 to 15 years if they have been sentenced to life in prison, according to Wikipedia.
Former gang leader Keijo Vilhunen was acquitted of the murder during the same trial. The court found no evidence that he had planned the murder.
Vilhunen was one of Aarnio’s contacts in the Finnish underworld.
Police on the scene after the robbery of a transport of valuables at Arlanda airport in Sweden in 2002. Jari Aarnio is linked to the murder of a silent person who appeared after the robbery
Photo: Henry Lundholm / NTB scanpix
