Kenneth Eriksson

Kenneth Eriksson (born 1960) started working for the Helsinki Police in 1982. He worked as a detective investigating armed robbery, extortion, gang crime as well as pimping and human trafficking. He has previously written his memoirs, Kovat kadut, a book about pimping and human trafficking entitled Rahaan kahlitut, as well as an account of one of Finland’s largest robberies, Kommandopipoja ja Jatimaticeja. Eriksson is also known for the Krimisarkisto (‘crime archive’) series he co-authors with Mika “Immu” Ilmén, of which a new instalment was published in 2025: Krimisarkisto: Parhaat rikosmokat.

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Photo: Jetro Stavén