May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Brothel":
National: 24 Oct 11
Police and the tax authorities have launched closer surveillance of Thai massage parlours in Sweden, suspecting that the sharp increase in their number indicates sex trafficking and tax evasion.
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Society: 7 Oct 11
A 71-year-old Swede caught paying for sex has claimed he is innocent as his erectile dysfunction made it impossible to go through with the act.
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National: 16 Sep 11
One of Sweden's most wanted fugitives, who escaped from prison in August 2010, has been arrested in southern Slovakia, according to local police.
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Politics: 10 Sep 10
A local Christian Democratic politician has called for Sweden to open government-controlled brothels, drawing a sharp rebuke from her party colleagues.
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National: 25 Aug 10
Eight people were charged on Wednesday for trafficking and pimping 10 African women, intimidating the victims into prostitution by using means including voodoo.
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Society: 8 May 10
Liberal Party member of parliament Camilla Lindberg has argued that Sweden should legalize prostitution and provide greater social security for practitioners of the "oldest profession".
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Society: 8 Feb 10
A Stockholm police officer has been reminded of his responsibilities after being caught in a Thai massage parlour under surveillance by the vice squad.
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National: 14 Jan 10
Three men were sentenced to prison on Thursday for their role in a sex trafficking scheme in which a 17-year-old girl was forced to sell sex to several men in Skåne in southern Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 09
The Year in Sweden - December: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 24 Jun 09
Two Swedish police officers stripped down naked and were offered “extra” treatment on recent visits to massage parlors.
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National: 25 Apr 09
Two Swedish men in their thirties have been arrested in the Philippines on charges of human trafficking. The accused, who are alleged to have forced women to perform sexual acts in front of a web camera, face possible lifetime prison sentences.
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Society: 24 Apr 08
Paying for sex has been illegal in Sweden for nearly ten years, and now the government wants to evaluate the law's impact.
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Society: 16 Apr 08
Sweden's Queen Silvia is to award this year's World Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child to a Cambodian woman fighting for the liberation and rehabilitation of girls working as sex slaves.
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National: 20 Mar 08
Two leading Swedish feminists, Birgitta Ohlsson (l) and Jenny Sonesson (r) have challenged the incoming New York Governor to seek inspiration in Swedish laws outlawing the purchase of sexual services.
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National: 7 Mar 08
The Left Party has changed its International Women’s Day programme after complaints surfaced that one of the speakers had threatened a female party colleague. (Photo: Left Party demo on March 8th last year).
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National: 26 Feb 08
Sweden has said it will not award damages to two women claiming to have been exploited in a major prostitution scandal in the 1970s.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 08
Sweden's tough laws banning men from paying for sex are grabbing international attention, with Britain considering similar measures. But is there really less prostitution in Sweden now?
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Politics: 5 Dec 07
Two women at the centre of a major prostitution scandal have demanded compensation from the state.
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National: 22 Oct 07
An IT expert who resigned last week from the Swedish Police Service is suspected of having used his home as a brothel.
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National: 13 Dec 06
A brothel has been busted in a town near Stockholm – above the local police station. "It's a bit brazen," says one officer.
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Society: 8 Nov 06
Swedish state-owned Absolut Vodka has withdrawn a campaign in Hamburg's best-known sex district. The company denies it used prostitution as a marketing tool, but Sweden's equality chief is critical.
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Society: 27 Oct 06
An appeal court judge in Malmö gets his job back after it is decided that his activities in a brothel did not constitute sex.
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National: 5 Oct 06
Police in Stockholm say they have uncovered a criminal gang running a large prostitution ring as part of a major criminal organization.
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National: 23 May 06
A café owner from southern Sweden used foreign women, one aged only 16, to sell sex. He is also suspected of drug dealing.
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Society: 3 Apr 06
The World Cup in Germany this summer will promote prostitution and human trafficking. So says equality ombudsman Claes Borgström, who has called for Sweden to boycott the competition.
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National: 28 Nov 05
Thirteen men are in custody following simultaneous raids on eleven addresses across Stockholm on Sunday. Five of the locations were brothels using women from Eastern Europe.
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Lifestyle: 19 Sep 05
The Swedish Film Institute is joining in the Greta Garbo centenary celebrations over the next month, with a complete programme of her films.
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Smörgåsbord: 1 Sep 05
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Smörgåsbord: 16 Aug 05
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National: 20 Jul 05
The number of sex crime cases quadruples as Swedish police clamp down on men using prostitutes. But at the same time, the case of a man who has allegedly had sex with dozens of underage girls he met through internet chat rooms highlights loopholes in the law.
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National: 17 Jun 05
Another judge admits to using prostitutes, this time at a "solarium" in Malmö. He said he went there for a back massage - but tapes of phone calls reveal him ordering activities more likely to put his back out for weeks.
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Smörgåsbord: 10 Feb 05
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National: 15 Jan 05
Swedish authorities begin to fight back against the trafficking of young women for prostitution. In Stockholm four members of an Estonian gang are charged with running a major prostitution racket while Skåne police announce plans for a special commission to tackle the problem.
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Smörgåsbord: 13 Jan 05
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National: 16 Nov 04
A "joke" blackmail threat prompts a council leader to go public with news of her colleagues' extra-curricular activities, while a Swedish girl and her Norwegian boyfriend are counting the cost of their own public display.
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National: 10 Nov 04
The identity of a baby girl found by a path in Bro, north of Stockholm, is still unknown as police investigate a possible connection with another unidentified dead baby discovered in the area two years ago.
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