The number of suspected and investigated securities market offences has increased substantially in Finland. Furthermore, the cases have become more extensive and more complicated. The court proceedings of securities market offences tend to be very long as the cases involve an ever-increasing amount of written and oral evidence.

Amendments effective as of 1 July 2005 have been introduced in the Finnish Securities Markets Act, Act on Financial Supervision, and certain other acts (HE 137/2004).