Prostitution in Sweden
The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sexual services, but not to sell them. Pimping, procuring and operating a brothel are also illegal.
Not on our Streets - Huffington Post UK (blog)
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Not on our Streets Huffington Post UK (blog) In Sweden, for example, it is actually illegal to buy sex. But, it's widely argued, this simply drives the practice underground. Prostitution is a risky business. Nor is it feasible to eradicate it. Selling sex stills takes place in Sweden. |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 08:43:54 AM
UK jails man for inciting child prostitution - WGME
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UK jails man for inciting child prostitution WGME LONDON (AP) -- A British judge has sentenced a Bangladeshi man to 15 years in prison for paying young girls for sex and trying to recruit others into prostitution in northern England. Azad Miah, 44, was convicted of trying to lure four young girls into ... |
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Secret Service Scandal: Why Men Buy Sex - LiveScience.com
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Secret Service Scandal: Why Men Buy Sex LiveScience.com One 2006 study conducted in Sweden and published in the journal Sexologies reviewed research on why men frequent prostitutes and found that the answers fell in five categories. Some men had what the researcher called a "whore fantasy," marked by ... |
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Decriminalisation 'healthier for prostitutes' - TVNZ
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Decriminalisation 'healthier for prostitutes' TVNZ Debate over sex laws is raging in Scotland, which is looking at legislation in Sweden, where the client is criminalised. However, evidence suggests the Swedish model pushes sex work underground, often exposing prostitutes to violence and exploitation. |
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law 'healthier for prostitutes' - Stuff.co.nz
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 Stuff.co.nz | law 'healthier for prostitutes' Stuff.co.nz Debate over sex laws is raging in Scotland, which is looking at legislation in Sweden, where the client is criminalised. However, evidence suggests the Swedish model pushes sex work underground, often exposing prostitutes to violence and exploitation. |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 08:43:54 AM
Social housing provider operates hotel brothels - Vancouver Courier
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Social housing provider operates hotel brothels Vancouver Courier Fortunately, there are solutions, namely the Nordic model, a set of policies targeting the demand side of prostitution (pimps and johns). When adopted in 1999, the Nordic model virtually emptied Sweden of prostitution. Countries such as Norway and ... |
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A Prosecutor Sets His Sights On the Johns - Huffington Post
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A Prosecutor Sets His Sights On the Johns Huffington Post Fourteen men appeared in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday, charged with patronizing a prostitute, after a crackdown on a brutal sex trafficking ring run by a father and son team from Pennsylvania. This is one of the few high profile ... |
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Jail for heads of massive sex trafficking ring - The Local.se
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Jail for heads of massive sex trafficking ring The Local.se 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. The case has been labelled as Sweden's biggest human smuggling case, and at least four other men ... |
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Lorber solicits US rights to Fokkens - C21Media
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Lorber solicits US rights to Fokkens C21Media The film has already been acquired by DR in Denmark, YLE in Finland, Belgium's VMMA, CBC Documentary in Canada, Globosat in Brazil and UR in Sweden. It joins another prostitution doc, Whores' Glory, charting the lives of sex workers in Thailand, ... |
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Why men buy sex - Examiner.com
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Why men buy sex Examiner.com Some men visit prostitutes because they want more sex or a different kind of person than their regular partner, while others are lonely, and still others are socially awkward and have trouble on the typical dating scene. And a study in Sweden found ... |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 08:43:54 AM
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