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Jail for heads of massive sex trafficking ring

National: 14 May 12
Two Romanian men were sentenced on Monday to six years prison for smuggling eleven women to Sweden as part of a brutal and far-reaching prostitution ring. READ »

Sex scandal conviction for porn-surfing politico

National: 29 Dec 11
A formerly high-ranking local politician from western Sweden was among seven people convicted on Thursday in connection with the unmasking of a major prostitution ring in Halmstad. READ »

Politician surfed for porn on office computer

Society: 22 Nov 11
A high-ranking local politician from western Sweden, currently facing charges for buying sex, was found to have made thousands of visits to numerous pornographic websites from his office computer. READ »

Court slows EU prostitute deportation efforts

National: 11 Oct 11
A Swedish court has ruled that prostitutes from other European Union countries are free to operate in Sweden for at least three months, much to the dismay of the police. READ »

Stockholm police break up human trafficking ring

National: 26 Aug 11
Stockholm police have identified a large number of sex-buyers following the arrests of six men on suspicion of trafficking and pimping charges in a case involving at least 20 Lithuanian women. READ »

Three men held for human trafficking

National: 1 Jun 11
Police in Gothenburg have detained three men on suspicion of trafficking Romanian women. READ »

Many troubled Swedish youth selling sex: report

Society: 1 Mar 11
Twelve percent of girls and 4 percent of boys placed in state-run youth care homes in Sweden sold sex for drugs or money last year, according to a new report. One boy said he first sold sex when was 8-years-old. READ »

Convictions overturned in Malmö pimping trial

National: 18 Feb 11
A Swedish appeals court has overturned guilty verdicts served to two men in connection with the sale of a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex, reducing a third man's sentence for pimping. READ »

Swedish schools run by convicted paedophile

Education: 1 Feb 11
A Swedish paedophile received permission to open three schools despite a previous conviction of having sex with a seven-year-old girl, according to a television news report on Monday. READ »

'Having sex with scantily-clad women in make-up is not a crime'

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 11
The conviction of Magnus Hedman on charges of buying sexual services elevates absurd prejudices with racist overtones to legal precedent and shows that laws criminialising the purchase of sex need to be reformed, argues liberal commentator and author Jan Söderqvist. READ »

Man jailed for threats to pimping trial prosecutor

National: 26 Nov 10
A 36-year-old man was sentenced to four months in prison for threatening a prosecutor who had charged his son for involvement in selling a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex. READ »

Ex-police chief given lighter sentence

National: 24 Nov 10
The court of appeal has cut the penalty served to former Uppsala police chief Göran Lindberg to six years for a series of serious sex offences. READ »

Verdict reached in Malmö teen pimping trial

National: 2 Nov 10
A court in Malmö in southern Sweden sentenced several men to prison on Tuesday for their role in selling a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex. READ »

Two held for threatening pimping trial prosecutor

National: 11 Oct 10
A man and woman have been arrested for making threats in connection with a pimping trial underway in Malmö involving a 14-year-old girl. READ »

Threats force judge out of teen pimping trial

National: 28 Sep 10
The presiding judge in the Malmö district court trial of ten men suspected of having sold a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex, has been forced to withdraw due to threats against her and her family. READ »

Ten face trial in teen pimping scandal

National: 27 Sep 10
The trial of ten men 10 men suspected of having sold a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex opened in Malmö district court on Monday. READ »

More Thai women in Swedish sex trade: report

National: 21 Sep 10
The number of Thai and Nigerian women exploited for sexual purposes in Sweden has increased, as have the number of women with mental handicaps, according to a police report on human trafficking. READ »

Ten charged in Malmö teen pimping scandal

National: 15 Sep 10
Charges were filed on Wednesday in Malmö against 10 men suspected of having sold a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex. READ »

Police had ex-police chief's DNA: report

National: 12 Sep 10
The police had a sample of former police chief and convicted sex offender Göran Lindberg's DNA, and other personal information as early as 2007 but did not follow up the information, according to a new report. READ »

Traffickers intimidated victims with voodoo

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. READ »

Ex-police chief appeals jail term for sex offences

National: 19 Aug 10
Göran Lindberg, the former Uppsala county police chief convicted in July for a string of sex crimes, has appealed his six and half year prison sentence. READ »

Top cop jailed for sex crimes

National: 30 Jul 10
Göran Lindberg, once one of Sweden's most senior police officers, has been jailed for six and a half years for a string of sex crimes. READ »

Ex-police chief sex trial attracts intense interest

National: 29 Jun 10
The sex crimes trial against former police chief Göran Lindberg has opened on Tuesday morning amid intense media interest. Lindberg faces 23 counts of rape, pimping and buying sex. READ »

Ex-police chief case opened as trial begins

National: 28 Jun 10
A Swedish court has decided to make public most of the police investigation into alleged sex crimes by former police chief Göran Lindberg, whose high profile trial begins on Tuesday. READ »

Ex-police chief charged with sex offences

National: 23 Jun 10
Former Uppsala police chief Göran Lindberg has been formerly charged with sex crimes including aggravated rape in connection with a six month investigation involving nine women, one as young as 14-years-old. READ »

Ex-police chief sex trade case widens

National: 22 Apr 10
Allegations directed at a former Swedish police chief suspected of rape continued to mount on Friday with a further woman accusing the retired officer of pimping. READ »

Top Social Democrats talk tough on rape

Politics: 9 Apr 10
Punishments for the most serious rape crimes must be increased, former justice minister Thomas Bodström and former equality ombudsman Claes Borgström have urged. READ »

Ex-police chief suspected of pimping

National: 25 Feb 10
Former Uppsala police chief Göran Lindberg, already accused of rape, is also suspected of involvement in the organised sex trade, a prosecutor said on Thursday. READ »

Three convicted for sex trafficking of Slovak teen

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. READ »

US film giants appeal in file-sharing case

National: 6 Jan 10
In a corporate David and Goliath-style case, a Stockholm-based internet operator is fighting a file-sharing lawsuit against a collective of large US film companies. READ »

Conviction for Sweden's 'youngest female pimp'

National: 4 Jan 10
A 17-year-old girl from Malmö in southern Sweden has been convicted for selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl. The 20-year-old man suspected of masterminding the pimping operation was acquitted. READ »

Seven arrests as police smash trafficking ring

National: 7 Dec 09
Police in Sweden arrested seven people on Monday morning for their suspected role in a human trafficking network. READ »

Young trio sold sex with mentally disabled girl

National: 16 Nov 09
Three young people have been indicted in Malmö on pimping charges for repeatedly selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old girl with a mild mental disability. READ »

Politician caught in teen sex scandal to step down

National: 10 Nov 09
A high-ranking Stockholm-area politician has been fined for attempting to purchase sex from an underage girl involved in a high-profile teen sex ring. READ »

Teacher who paid for sex with minor 'can't be fired'

National: 15 Oct 09
Being found guilty of paying for group sex with a minor is not sufficient grounds for education officials in Stockholm to fire a teacher who has refused to quit following his conviction. READ »

Prison for head of Swedish teen sex ring

National: 28 Sep 09
The 40-year-old 'mastermind' behind a Swedish teen sex ring has been sentenced to four years in jail on charges of aggravated pimping offences. READ »

Sweden's 'youngest female pimp' remanded in custody

National: 25 Sep 09
A 17-year-old girl and 19-year-old woman have been remanded in custody in Malmö on suspicion of selling a disabled teenager for sex. READ »

Swedish teen girls arrested for pimping

National: 24 Sep 09
Two teenage girls have been arrested for aggravated pimping. They are suspected on having sold a girl to several men in Malmö in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish cops bare all for undercover operation

Society: 24 Jun 09
Two Swedish police officers stripped down naked and were offered “extra” treatment on recent visits to massage parlors. READ »

Teen forced to have sex with 500 men

National: 30 Apr 09
A teenager had sex with 500 men over five years of being forced to work as a prostitute. The trial against a Stockholm couple accused of involvement in the pimping operation came to a close this week. READ »

Stockholm bartender jailed for pimping

National: 6 Apr 09
A 35-year-old bartender has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for the pimping of 118 Swedish women for sex buyers in Stockholm. READ »

Swedish teen sex ring trial underway

National: 27 Mar 09
The suspected mastermind of a Swedish teen sex ring hid under a blanket as he entered a Stockholm-area court room on Friday for the first day of his closed-door trial for pimping and a range of other related sex-crimes. READ »

Businessman held in Swedish teen sex ring

Society: 25 Mar 09
A 60-year-old businessman has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 16-year-old-girl as part of a sex ring probe that has so far led to four criminal indictments. READ »

Charges filed over Swedish teen sex ring

National: 23 Mar 09
A Stockholm-area businessman has been charged for using the internet to pimp Swedish school girls for violent group sex. READ »

'Voodoo pimp' has sentence reduced

Society: 21 Jan 09
A 36-year-old woman who used voodoo rituals to exercise control over prosititutes in the Gothenburg area has had her sentenced reduced to one year by the Court of Appeal. READ »

'Cyberpimp' trial opens in Stockholm

National: 9 Dec 08
A Swedish "Cyberpimp" is currently on trial at Stockholm district court, facing accusations that he sold at least 15 young women for sex. READ »

Police hit Gothenburg prostitution ring

National: 9 Sep 08
A 35-year-old woman believed to be at the centre of a major Gothenburg prostitution operation has been arrested on suspicions of pimping. READ »

Man jailed for selling wife for sex

National: 11 Jul 08
A man who sold his mentally disabled teenage wife for sex has been jailed for five and a half years by a court in Stockholm. READ »

Man sold mentally disabled wife for sex

National: 16 May 08
A 44-year-old man is to face trial next week on charges of selling his mentally disabled young wife as a sex slave on at least 100 occasions. READ »

Family sentenced for pimping

National: 8 May 08
A whole family have been indicted for pimping and procuring activities. The main culprit is a 43-year old man, together with his sons from a former marriage and his current wife. READ »

Tax authorities offer strippers one-time amnesty

National: 8 Apr 08
Swedish tax authorities have written letters to strippers, some of whom still live with their parents, giving the women a one-time chance to pay back taxes owed on income they earned from dancing. READ »

Ten indicted in major sex club scandal

National: 27 Mar 08
Ten men, including a former police officer, have been indicted in a major sex club scandal in Stockholm. READ »

Sweden rejects child prostitution damages claim

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. READ »

German pimp suspect arrested in Sweden

National: 29 Jan 08
A man suspected of being involved in a major prostitution ring in Berlin has been arrested in southern Sweden. READ »

Four jailed over prostitution rings

National: 21 Dec 07
Four people have been jailed in a major pimping and human trafficking trial in Stockholm, but prosecutors describe the sentences as generous. READ »

Politicians named in prostitution scandal

Politics: 5 Dec 07
Two women at the centre of a major prostitution scandal have demanded compensation from the state. READ »

Policeman 'did not act as girlfriend's pimp'

National: 21 Nov 07
A police officer in Gothenburg has been cleared of pimping charges by the Court of Appeal. READ »

Police worker ran brothel from apartment

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. READ »

Russians and Swedes charged with selling women for sex

National: 18 Apr 07
A group of 24 Russians and Swedes have been charged in Gothenburg with human trafficking, pimping and buying sex from nine Russian women. READ »

Policeman cleared of pimping charges

National: 7 Feb 07
A Gothenburg policeman has been cleared of pimping charges after his ex-girlfriend, a prostitute, accused him of profiting from her services. READ »

Women sold sex above police station

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. READ »

Romanians arrested in 'trafficking' raid

National: 14 Nov 06
Eight Romanians and a Swede have been arrested in Sweden suspected of human trafficking or pimping, police say. READ »

Police bust major prostitution ring

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. READ »

HIV prostitute causes worry

Society: 5 Jul 06
Gothenburg men who have used prostitutes in the past year are being told to get tested for HIV, after a street prostitute from the city turned out to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS. READ »

Café owner 'pimped young girls'

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. READ »

Sex pest accused blames 'woman'

National: 16 Jan 06
A man accused of posing as 'Alexandra' to persuade teenage girls to send him nude photos and meet for sex, has insisted in court in Malmö that there was a real woman behind the name. READ »


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