Hi,
I just got a message that the Finnish Police have asked the fi.wikipedia, by sending an email to the wikifi-admin@list.wikimedia.org, to give a written statement about their possible violation of the laws that regulate fundraising in Finland. There is a little news about this already online in English. Here:
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2014/02/07/finnish_police_probe_wi...
I chat about this with a lawyer friend and he was afraid that the police msy go after the volunteers that have participated in the fundraising, e.g. by translating the fundraising messages.
Is there any equivalent cases from other countries?
In Finland one needs a pre-given permission to do fundraising.
- Teemu
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