Police suspect two women were extorted in Oulu

Police in Oulu are investigating suspected extortion and violence against two women, one of whom was assaulted and deprived of her liberty, Yle reports. The suspects allegedly demanded substantial sums based on debts they claimed were owed.

The case came to light on 6 November, when emergency services received a report that a woman in Oulu had been assaulted. The report said her life had been threatened unless she paid 50,000 euros. Police arrested one suspect at the scene.

A woman who had left the scene was found a little later and taken to hospital for examination. Police arrested two other suspects in Oulu last weekend.

The suspects are a woman born in the 1990s, a man born in the 2000s and a man born in the 1990s. All live in the Oulu region.

Police are investigating aggravated assault, aggravated unlawful deprivation of liberty, aggravated extortion and an aggravated firearms offence. The Oulu District Court remanded the third suspect in custody on 11 November. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.