March 21, 2010
Sex_trade
The following articles have been tagged with "Sex_trade":
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.
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Zaida Catalán: Getting the vote out for a greener Europe
Analysis & Opinion: 20 May 09
With elections to the European Parliament being held in Sweden on June 7th, The Local presents the first in a series of articles profiling a selection of the Swedish candidates.
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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.
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Government gets tough on sex trade
Politics: 16 Jul 08
The Swedish government has announced a raft of new proposals to fight the sex trade and organized crime.
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Nigerian prostitutes appear on Gothenburg streets
Society: 3 Jul 08
A new group of prostitutes has emerged in the Rosenlund district of central Gothenburg, an area long known as a gathering place for women working in the sex trade.
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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.
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Sweden to evaluate effects of prostitution law
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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Swedish feminists challenge New York governor on sex law
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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Students outraged by red light district party theme
Society: 12 Jan 08
A student union in western Sweden has come under fire for organizing an evening's entertainment with a red light district theme.
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Swedish prostitution: gone or just hidden?
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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Swedish Mafia: fighting a losing battle
Lifestyle: 8 Nov 07
To an outsider, Sweden would seem an unlikely place to find rising gang crime. But the problem has snowballed since the nineties, leaving police clamouring for better tools to deal with the problem. Daniel Boman reports.
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Chinese children missing in Sweden
Society: 30 Jun 07
At least 23 Chinese children seeking asylum in Sweden have disappeared from temporary accommodation in Sigtuna in the last three weeks.
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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.
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Absolut uses red light district to sell vodka
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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Up to 60 people living off Skåne sex trade
Society: 9 Oct 06
Police in Skåne believe that between 50 and 60 people in the region are profiting from running the trade in foreign sex slaves.
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Bomb attack on Gothenburg sex shop
National: 9 Jan 06
An explosive device was detonated in a sex shop on Gothenburg's Andra Långgatan early on Monday morning. Nobody was seriously hurt, but police fear that a gang conflict was behind the attack.
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Students fail to find prostitutes in Malmö
National: 10 Oct 05
Malmö´s first attempt to survey the sex trade in the city's restaurant world has drawn a blank. A project, which has been going on in Malmö since last spring, recently ended with no conclusive results.
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Chinese children could have been sold to sex trade
Society: 30 May 05
Swedish authorities are investigating whether Chinese children who sought asylum in Sweden have been sold into slavery. Police fear that they could face exploitation by the sex industry.
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Equality minister attacks US abortion policy
Politics: 3 Mar 05
The Swedish government's delegate to a UN conference on the status of women, Jens Orback, gets a spontaneous round of applause as he accuses the United States of putting women's lives at risk by denying them the right to abortion.
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Brothel discovered in Malmö solarium
Smörgåsbord: 10 Feb 05
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Swedish girls: the new sex tourists
Smörgåsbord: 7 Sep 04
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