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The consent-based reform that took effect on 1 January 2023 in Finland, which broadened the definition of rape and created new offences.
’s publications show a clear rise in recorded rape and expanded categories of sexual harassment after Finland rewrote its sexual offences law (effective 1 January 2023), with quarterly and half‑year c...
rose sharply after the 2023 consent‑based reform, with official counts showing notable increases in 2023 and into early 2024 and authorities reporting more solved rape cases and more sentences for sex...
Prosecutions and convictions for in rose in raw numbers after the 2023 consent‑based reform: recorded offences and solved cases grew in 2023 and early 2024, and court sentences for sexual offences wer...
rose sharply after the that took effect on 1 January 2023: nationwide police data and show double‑digit increases in 2023 compared with 2022 (for example a reported 29.6% rise in total sexual offences...