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Nov
9
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11/9/2007 1:05 AM
In Sweden, the first law of its kind has been introduced that criminalizes the purchase and brokering of sexual services, although the selling of sexual services remains legal. \r\n The law provides for up to six years in prison for pimps and up to 10 years for traffickers of prostitutes. "The goal is to criminalize the demand side of the equation, the johns, rather than putting emotionally and physically imperiled women behind bars," says an inspector with the Stockholm police. \r\n The ban has been mostly well received across political lines as well as amonst the public, 80 percent of which support the ban. Conservatives are the legislation's main opponents, as they argue that the ban would drive prostitution underground and make life more difficult for the women. \r\n The ban has also been positive in that hardly any country in the European Union has fewer problems with human trafficking. According to the Swedish police, 400 to 600 foreign women are brought to Sweden each year to be prostitutes. In Finland, which is only half the size of Sweden, that number is between 10,000 and 15,000 women \r\n For the full story, click here.
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