The Helsinki Court of Appeal has significantly changed the verdict in a major counterfeiting case involving a large number of banknotes shipped from France to Finland by express freight. The ruling eases the position of at least one of the main defendants, who was found to have acted only as an accomplice.

The case centres on a banknote shipment transported to Finland from France. According to the court, not all of the originally charged defendants carried the same level of responsibility, and one person's role was assessed as less serious than in the lower court.

The decision matters because it changes the legal picture of who actually carried out the offence and who only supported it. The appeal court's ruling reshapes the understanding of responsibility in the case.