A Ship Owned by a Psychologist Whose Background Reveals Suspicious Activities and a Major Drug Trafficking Strangely Sinks in Kotka Harbor

About a month ago, the Helsinki Court of Appeal confirmed a prison sentence of more than two years for drug offenses to Psychotherapist Raul Soisalo, who has also been the director of the Finnish Psychological Institute However, the amphetamine load of more than 800 grams is not the only skeleton in Soisalo's closet.

When you delve into the man's background, you will find a sailing ship sunk under suspicious circumstances, companies linked to criminal activities and concerns reported to the authorities about treatment measures Amphetamine with bitcoins Soisalo ordered drugs from the dark web silkkitie in 2016–2018.

He made the purchases, acquiring bitcoins mainly in the name of the companies and associations he represented, and using the account of a loved one According to the prosecutor, Soisalo used the accounts of other parties to purchase bitcoins to cover up his own guilt.

Therefore, the prosecutor considered the activity to be more planned than usual Soisalo ordered amphetamine, Diapam, and Oxycontin online, among other things.

The man placed orders regularly Some of the orders were seized by Customs.

In Huumevyyhti's discussion of "life hacks", Soisalo said that he is a training psychotherapist who worked as an entrepreneur at the Finnish Psychological Institute His official training is a Psychotherapist and he is mentioned as the director of the Finnish Psychological Institute.

The association offers training services as well as private therapy services The Finnish Psychological Institute was one of the associations that Soisalo made an account for.

bitcoin transfers and bought drugs At the end of 2022, Soisalo said on Facebook that he would leave the position of director of the Institute after Christmas.

The psychotherapist has occasionally been active on social media on other channels as well He has shared "life hacks" on social media and also shared the Institute's promotional videos, which give advice on how to achieve peace of mind.

- Hey It's such a mental life hack, starting from Niksi-Pirka, Soisalo says in one of his videos.

Soisalo has written the book Psychology of management, which deals with "in addition to practical examples, the work includes, among other things, general theories related to management and interaction work" Drugs in the court security check In the Huumevyyhti trial, Soisalo told the courts very different versions of why the drugs had been ordered.

First, he claimed that someone else had used his online banking credentials He named his relative as one of the possible culprits.

In the Court of Appeal, he again claimed that he had medicated himself in the meantime, when he did not have a prescription medicine According to Soisalo, the Prescription drug was also an amphetamine derivative and he only used real amphetamine in the same amount as what would have been in the prescription drug.

The court did not believe the man's explanations Nor was it the only lie that Soisalo presented in court.

Soisalon claimed in court that he had no relationship with narcotics other than through work and clients However, it turned out in court that the psychotherapist already had a conviction for a drug offense from May 2018.

He was caught in the possession of drugs at the Helsinki district court when he was going to the court of appeals to train, but got stuck in a cafe at the district court During the security check, the guards found the drugs.

In Finland, the accused is not obliged to remain truthful Raul Soisalo was sentenced to prison for drug gangs.

In May 2021, the district court of Itä-Uusimaa sentenced Soisalo to 2 years and 8 months in prison for a serious drug crime and 28 drug crimes The Helsinki Court of Appeal upheld the district court's judgment in its decision on January 11, 2023.

Soisalo had bought more than 800 grams of amphetamine Selkkaus from a sailing boat Soisalo is also a keen seafarer, aviator and wine enthusiast.

Until a few years ago, through his association, he owned the 19th-century Swedish sailing ship Mary Ann A man abandoned a 23-meter ship in the port of Kotka in the summer of 2019.

This caused an extra headache for the city, because eventually the big ship began to sink, and the owner was nowhere to be found The sunken ship also employed the rescue service.

Iltalehti reported on the mystery ship in August 2019 At first, the city had problems finding out who actually owns the ship.

Since then, the city tried to reach Soisalo several times so that he would take the ship out of the port That didn't happen.

Several regulations and decisions have been made in the city councils that the owner should take care of the ship Finally, the city's environmental committee decided in September 2020 that the ship will be moved and the area cleaned up.

In the first step, the city is responsible for the costs, and the amount is collected from Soisalo separately through enforcement The city of Kotka lifted the boat out of the harbor in the spring of 2021.

The costs of the operation rose to around 50,000 euros The city also made an investigation request to the police.

The Southeastern Finland police are investigating the matter as environmental damage Offenses also include abandoning the ship, registration offense and failure to report company and community information.

- Ownership relationships and related issues are under investigation, says Crime Commissioner Kai Virtanen to Iltalehti Security measures have also been taken in connection with the criminal investigation.

No income When Soisalo's drug crimes were discussed in the Court of Appeal, it was considered that Soisalo's monthly net income at the time of drug dealing was almost 10,000 euros It is not clear from the court documents on what basis or from what period the income was calculated.

According to public tax data, Soisalo's income was only a few tens of thousands of euros per year throughout the 2010s In the years 2015–2016 and 2020–2021, he had no earned income at all.

In the withdrawal, he has a few hundred euros of entrepreneur's YEL payments from the last two years Soisalo has had several companies, most of which have ceased operations.

He has had one business name since 1996 This business name Kotitukku Soisalo changed its name to Psychotherapist Raul Soisalo in 2011.

The end of the Finnish Psychological Institute's email address is similar to Soisalo's company name and some of his previous companies Soisalo is also registered as an auditor for a real estate company.

A large number of companies are focused on mental health services The business description of Psychiatria Europa Oy, which operated in the years 2018–2020, includes, in addition to various psychiatric treatment and psychotherapy services, the manufacture of medicines and herbal products as well as alcoholic beverages and hard liquor, as well as the brokerage, purchase and sale of boats and ships.

Soisalo was the company's CEO Complaints Valviraa Miehe's activities in the field of mental health services have attracted attention a few times.

For the first time, Valvira, the licensing and supervision agency of the social and health sector (then Terveydenhuolto's legal protection center TEO) received a contact related to Soisalo's operations in 2004 Valvira was asked to investigate whether Soisalo was launching a therapy service that violates regulations without the appropriate qualifications.

At that time, Soisalo was not yet a healthcare professional as referred to in the Act on Healthcare Professionals, and TEO did not have the authority to investigate Soisalo's procedure In 2013 and 2016, Valvira has made decisions regarding Soisalo's professional practice.

In both cases, Valvira has evaluated Soisalo's activities only with regard to the tasks of a psychotherapist The documents are largely encrypted.

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