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 Major police raids in Stockholm have grabbed headlines in Sweden after a TV and movie star was caught buying sex. But he was not the only one arrested. https://www.thelocal.se/20200519/dozens-of-sex-buyers-seized-in-stockholm-raids Tue, 19 May 2020 11:10:56 +0200 dozens-of-sex-buyers-seized-in-stockholm-raids Dozens of people were arrested as part of a major crackdown on sex buyers in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20200212/41-sex-buyers-arrested-in-stockholm-prostitution-sting Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:13:59 +0100 41-sex-buyers-arrested-in-stockholm-prostitution-sting Twenty years ago, Sweden became the first country in the world to criminalize paying for sex, and now it wants to pave the way in making it illegal to pay for sex abroad, with a law proposal the government presented on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20171207/swedish-government-wants-to-criminalize-paying-for-sex-abroad Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:00:57 +0100 swedish-government-wants-to-criminalize-paying-for-sex-abroad Lone refugee boys and young men are supporting themselves by selling sex to older men on Gothenburg’s streets, according to charity Gothenburg Rescue Mission (Göteborgs Räddingsmission). https://www.thelocal.se/20161219/refugee-boys-in-gothenburg-selling-sex-to-survive-charity-says Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:12:51 +0100 refugee-boys-in-gothenburg-selling-sex-to-survive-charity-says Drivers from Stockholm’s biggest taxi firm are suspected of helping fuel the sex trade despite the purchase of sex being illegal in Sweden, a TV4 report shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20160503/stockholm-taxi-drivers-help-clients-find-prostitutes Tue, 03 May 2016 10:51:14 +0200 stockholm-taxi-drivers-help-clients-find-prostitutes Streetwalkers have largely disappeared from the sidewalks but prostitution remains alive and well in northern Europe where laws criminalising the purchase of sex have been in place for years, illustrating the limits of legislation. https://www.thelocal.se/20160409/sex-trade-less-visible-but-alive-and-well-in-northern-europe Sat, 09 Apr 2016 11:12:39 +0200 sex-trade-less-visible-but-alive-and-well-in-northern-europe Sweden needs to step up its work to fight sex exploitation in the modern world, write Maria Ahlin and Sudeshna Chowdhury of international youth movement Freethem. https://www.thelocal.se/20160216/sweden-needs-to-find-new-ways-to-tackle-prostitution Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:41:14 +0100 sweden-needs-to-find-new-ways-to-tackle-prostitution Police in Stockholm say the rise of Airbnb in the capital has resulted in pimps booking apartments by using fake profiles. https://www.thelocal.se/20160208/naive-swedes-are-renting-homes-to-airbnb-hookers Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:24:56 +0100 naive-swedes-are-renting-homes-to-airbnb-hookers At least six teenagers who were living at a centre for vulnerable young women are reported to have sold sex, with staff doing little to intervene despite being aware of their actions. https://www.thelocal.se/20151118/sex-scandal-at-teen-care-home-near-stockholm Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:17:13 +0100 sex-scandal-at-teen-care-home-near-stockholm Top Amnesty officials are being invited to Sweden to study its law which bans people from buying sex, after the human rights group voted to back the decriminalization of the sex trade. https://www.thelocal.se/20150820/sweden-asks-amnesty-to-study-its-prostitute-laws Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:20:04 +0200 sweden-asks-amnesty-to-study-its-prostitute-laws A Swedish member of Amnesty has told The Local why she chose to join hundreds of others in quitting the organization after it voted to endorse the decriminalization of sex work. https://www.thelocal.se/20150813/swedes-reject-amnesty-in-protest-of-sex-vote Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:01:37 +0200 swedes-reject-amnesty-in-protest-of-sex-vote UPDATED: One of Sweden’s largest hotel chains, Scandic, has announced additional training for staff as part of a government initiative to counter prostitution in the hospitality industry. https://www.thelocal.se/20150203/hotel-chain-holds-prostitution-lessons Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:50:00 +0100 hotel-chain-holds-prostitution-lessons A 55-year-old man in western Sweden illegally purchased sex from two women - and then called police to complain about their "outrageous" prices. https://www.thelocal.se/20140812/swede-reports-expensive-sex-to-police Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:32:00 +0200 swede-reports-expensive-sex-to-police City Swedes planning on renting out their flats over the summer should be wary of subletting to prostitutes, police say. https://www.thelocal.se/20140610/summer-apartments-used-for-prostitution Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:16:00 +0200 summer-apartments-used-for-prostitution Swedish police have received a report that three underage boys speaking bad German tried to sell sex to women at a busy commuter hub in central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20140305/begging-boys-try-to-sell-sex-at-swedish-station Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:19:00 +0100 begging-boys-try-to-sell-sex-at-swedish-station Swedish men who pay for sex need help if they are to stop re-offending, concluded the authors of a new report that was handed to the government on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140213/men-who-buy-sex-in-sweden-need-help-report Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:50:00 +0100 men-who-buy-sex-in-sweden-need-help-report Amnesty International's proposal to lobby for the legalization of buying and selling sex has caused an angry reaction among Swedish women's rights organizations. https://www.thelocal.se/20140128/amnesty-legalize-prostitution-bid-angers-swedes Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:29:00 +0100 amnesty-legalize-prostitution-bid-angers-swedes Administrators at the Nordic social media site Qruiser, operated by the publishers of Swedish LGBT magazine QX, have testified to an increase in young men trying to sell sex. https://www.thelocal.se/20140108/gay-sex-sellers-flood-social-media-stie Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:44:00 +0100 gay-sex-sellers-flood-social-media-stie Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday that people buying sex in Sweden should be sent to jail as the law suggests, rather than being slapped with fines. https://www.thelocal.se/20131217/send-sex-buyers-to-jail-swedish-pm Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:12:00 +0100 send-sex-buyers-to-jail-swedish-pm A Romanian couple was jailed on Tuesday after forcing a young woman into prostitution in Stockholm and living the high life off the profits. https://www.thelocal.se/20131204/couple-jailed-for-pimping-out-romanian-woman Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:10:00 +0100 couple-jailed-for-pimping-out-romanian-woman