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Fri, 15 Aug, 2014 03:42:24 AM FTimes-STT Report, August 15  File picture of the NBI criminal suspect list where the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin was included. Photo Lehtikuva. Seven police officers are suspected of being involved in leaking that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name was in the criminal database of the country’s National Bureau of Investigation, reported the Finnish language daily Iltalehti.
The leak caused a fuss when it emerged that the Russian president’s name had been entered in the list, albeit mistakenly.
The state prosecutor believes a dozen of other names had also been entered in the list by mistake or on insufficient grounds.
All the seven officers are suspected of breach of office.
The preliminary investigation, according to the report, has already been completed and charges may possibly be pressed in the course of next week.
The person who leaked the list is yet not identified, said the Iltalehti.
The police officers suspected have all denied the allegation.
Earlier in April 2013, the authorities started investigation to find out the reason behind inclusion of the Russian president’s name in the list.
Putin was named a crime suspect in a message sent from abroad to the NBI and was subsequently recorded as such by mistake.
Following the leak, the authorities started tracing the origin of the message, how it came to the Finnish police and how the Russian president’s name ended up on the NBI suspect list.
After the incident, the NBI said inserting Putin’s name in the list was a mistake, which it regretted and said the name had already been removed from the list.
Immediately after hearing the news of the blunder, Interior Minister Räsänen took measures for probing into the matter.
National Police Commissioner Mikko Paatero also termed the affair a gross mistake.
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