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70 years ago today, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why, oh why, isn't it simply called the Finnish Bureau of Investigation?

Fins, explain!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

*Finns

It's Finnish name is "Keskusrikospoliisi", roughly translating to "centralised criminal police". It is "Suomen poliisin valtakunnallinen yksikkö", translating to "Finland's police's national unit"

So the "national" in the properly translated name (we rarely use direct translations as you can see from my translation how awkward English it makes) is the equivalent of "federal" in "FBI".

And you don't hear me asking why it's called the "FBI" instead of the "BI".

(their vests read "KRP", not "FNBI")