Finland has a crime victim compensation program to provide financial compensation to victims of violent or personal crime. A crime victim may obtain an application from the State Treasury, the police, or local offices of the Social Insurance Institution. Abroad, the applications are normally available at Embassies and Consulates of Finland. The application should be sent either directly to the State Treasury or to any local office of the Social Insurance Institution. It will take six months, on average, for a victim to receive notification of the program's decision.
Compensation is paid immediately after the decision is made.
Any clothing, articles for daily use, spectacles and dental plates damaged by the crime. The program does not offer emergency compensation. However, the Act obliges the State Treasury to pay advance compensation where the applicant's right to compensation is evident and the decision is delayed. The program is funded by the State.