tehovalvonta
Tehovalvonta is a Finnish term referring to intensified monitoring and enforcement activities conducted by public authorities to prevent and detect non-compliance, fraud, and abuse. The word combines teho (intensity or force) and valvonta (surveillance or monitoring). In practice, tehovalvonta may involve risk-based inspections, targeted audits, data cross-checks between agencies, new analytics, and more frequent follow-up visits, with the aim of ensuring adherence to regulations in areas such as social security, taxation, employment benefits, immigration, procurement, and workplace safety.
It is usually triggered by risk indicators or anomalies rather than universal checks. In Finland, tehovalvonta
Supporters argue that tehovalvonta improves efficiency, protects public resources, and reduces fraud, while critics worry about