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On May 28, 2026, Finland's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of the Interior published the country's first national strategy for countering money laundering, terrorist financing, and the evasion and circumvention of targeted financial sanctions. The Government adopted a resolution on the strategy, risk assessments, and action plans on the same date. According to Finland's national risk assessment, the overall money laundering risk is significant, and the risk of terrorist financing is moderately significant. Finland faces diverse threats linked to digitalisation, international crime, and geopolitical shifts. The greatest risks relate to unofficial money transfer systems, crypto-asset services, and payment services. Terrorist financing often involves international cash flows transferred through registered hawala-type money remittance services and unregistered hawalas. The assessment identifies supervision resources, insufficient expertise, and limited information exchange as the most significant national vulnerabilities. The strategy aims to guide public authorities and other key actors toward coordinated, risk- and knowledge-based actions to prevent criminals and terrorists from using Finland's financial markets and to safeguard financial stability. The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of the Interior also published action plans to mitigate identified risks and achieve strategic goals. For the first time, the non-profit organisation (NPO) sector received its own action plan, responding to the 2024 national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing in the NPO sector. The action plans designate responsible parties, resources, implementation schedules, and metrics for measures included within them. The plans cover the period 2026 to 2029 and address technological transformation and the national security situation through a risk-based approach and enhanced cooperation among authorities.