https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Since Sweden's household services tax relief (RUT-avdrag) came in to effect, the babysitting business in the country has boomed. https://www.thelocal.se/20110322/32744 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:42:00 +0100 32744 Swedish anti-paedophile police trying to stem child sex tourism have opened an email address for tourists in Thailand to report child sex abuse. https://www.thelocal.se/20070717/7915 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:58:00 +0200 7915 A website which defends paedophilia is being hosted by a Swedish web hosting company. The site also plans to make space available for individual paedophiles' personal websites. https://www.thelocal.se/20070605/7504 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:40:00 +0200 7504 A website on which children can expose suspected online paedophiles has been ruled illegal by the Swedish Data Inspection Board. https://www.thelocal.se/20070504/7198 Fri, 04 May 2007 13:47:00 +0200 7198 A new Swedish law could ban paedophiles from 'grooming' children over the internet. The law would prohibit adults from seeking contact with children online when the clear purpose of the contact is to meet the children and sexually abuse them. https://www.thelocal.se/20070423/7078 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:21:00 +0200 7078 Dozens of people who fear that their sexual impulses could lead them to rape or abuse children have sought help at a clinic in Stockholm that opened earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20061120/5556 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:52:00 +0100 5556 The number of sex crime cases handled by the Swedish police in the first six months of 2005 has quadrupled compared to the same period last year. Police officers say that new investigation methods are behind the improvement. https://www.thelocal.se/20050720/1758-3 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:23:00 +0200 1758-3