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Five year sentence for Swede's child sex crimes

National: 27 Dec 11
A 45-year-old Swedish man whose computer contained more than half a million images of child pornography, including some featuring infants, has been jailed for five years for child pornography crimes and child rape. READ »

Child rights group slams Sweden on sex crimes

National: 13 Apr 11
The Swedish government and responsible authorities ‘ignore’ child sex tourism offences, according to child rights organisation Ecpat. READ »

Swedish banks join fight against child porn

Business & Money: 24 Nov 10
Cooperation between Swedish banks and police to stop the purchase of child pornography images over the internet has proved effective, the national banking association announced on Wednesday. READ »

Stockholm hotel slammed for sex toys

Society: 26 Sep 10
A trendy Stockholm hotel which offers its guests complimentary sex toys in their rooms has been criticised by police for "glorifying" the sex trade. READ »

Online sex 'grooming' law lacks teeth

Society: 24 Jan 10
Despite surveys indicating half of Swedish girls under 15 have received online sexual advances, Sweden's 'anti-grooming' law has not led to any convictions since entering into force six months ago. READ »

Swedish national library reported for child porn

Society: 6 Apr 09
The Swedish national library will on Monday afternoon be reported to the police for the possession and distribution of child pornography. READ »

Swede arrested for attempted child rape in Kenya

National: 30 May 08
Kenyan police have arrested a Swedish man in his 50s accused of the attempted rape ofa 7-year-old girl. READ »

Swede jailed in the UK for buying baby

National: 18 May 08
A Swedish citizen has been jailed for illegally bringing a child from Nigeria into the UK in an attempt to jump the council housing queue. READ »

EU to adopt Nordic method of fighting web-based child porn

National: 11 Feb 08
The method involves cooperation between police, internet service providers, and anti-child porn groups. READ »

Campaigners slam Swedish courts' lenience over child porn

Society: 22 Jul 07
A few years ago 50,000 images of child pornography would be considered a major haul by police, enough to classify the crime as serious. Today, millions of pictures must be seized - and even that might not be enough. READ »

Swedes in Thailand asked to report paedophiles

Society: 17 Jul 07
Swedish anti-paedophile police trying to stem child sex tourism have opened an email address for tourists in Thailand to report child sex abuse. READ »

Paedophiles scour net for holiday snaps

Society: 4 Jul 07
Parents are being advised by police not to put their holiday photos on the internet as as there is a major risk that they will be accessed by paedophiles. READ »

One in ten tourists 'has seen signs of child sex abuse'

Society: 4 Jun 07
Ten percent of those Swedes who have travelled outside Europe in the past three years say they have seen signs that fellow tourists were abusing children. Most say they did not report the abuse. READ »

Swedish police in record child porn haul

Society: 22 Jan 07
Large quantities of child pornography have been discovered in a raid in Sörmland county. Police believe that the haul is the largest ever in Sweden, but campaigners say still not enough is being done. READ »

Sweden slow to stem child sex tourism

Society: 19 Dec 06
Swedish authorities have failed to tackle the problem of Swedes engaging in child sex tourism in foreign countries. "State needs to do much more," says agency. READ »

"Tens of thousands" blocked from child porn

Society: 25 Nov 05
Filters introduced in April to block access to web sites showing child pornography appear to be working, say the police. But the number of access attempts is far higher than expected. READ »


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