Court declares neo-Nazi group bankrupt

A liquidator filed for bankruptcy because the debts of the ‘Nordic Tradition’ association were greater than the assets. The neo-Nazi organisation Pohjoinen perinne (or ‘Nordic Tradition’ in English), a registered association of the Nordic Resistance Movement (Finnish acronym PVL), has been declared bankrupt by Pirkanmaa District Court on Monday. A request for bankruptcy was filed by lawyer Kaarle Gummerus, who was appointed as the association’s liquidator in mid-December. Finland’s Supreme Court upheld on appeal a decision to ban the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement in September. According to the Supreme Court, the association operated in violation of the law and accepted principles of morality. In its ruling, the court supported the 2018 view of the Turku Appeals Court that the association should be shut down for the general good of society, because of its violent acts and militia-like structure.

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