the Proposal to introduce a felony in the sex trade are the subject of criticism from several heavy bodies. The result can be that the crimes that are seen as “less serious” not investigated at all, points out among other prosecutors. Arkivbild. Photo: Laura Rauch
Sweden the Proposal to introduce a felony in the sex trade are the subject of criticism from several heavy bodies. The result can be that the crimes that are seen as “less serious” not investigated at all, points out among other prosecutors.
In June, människohandelsutredningen its proposals on how the protection against the sex trade, should be strengthened. The background is that, in spite of a straffskärpning 2011, still is very rare that the sex buyers are punished with imprisonment. Therefore, suggest the inquiry, inter alia, that the sex trade should be able to be assessed as serious and lead to a prison sentence of up to one year. At the same time, the punishment for paying for sex with “normalgraden” be reduced to imprisonment in a maximum of six months.
But this is several heavy bodies consulted were critical of.
Could not arrest
such A change in the law would mean that it is not possible to apprehend, arrest and detain people who are suspected of buying sex which is not rough, points out, the Prosecutor’s office.
- It is necessary that one year in the scale of punishment in order to be able to use the coercive measure. There is also a risk that one perceives the sexual purchase as less reprehensible than in the past when reducing the scale of punishment, ” said prosecutor Jenny Silfverberg at the authority’s development centre in Gothenburg, sweden.
Even the Svea court of appeal are strongly discouraged. The chancellor of justice points out the danger of “less serious” cases could be de-prioritised and the police highlights the risk that fewer crimes in total are being investigated.
A couple of instances, the Swedish women’s lobby and women, believes, instead, that the law should be tightened in such a way that sex should always be punished with imprisonment.
Want to see the prison
the liquidator’s proposal that the punishment for purchase of sexual act of children will be increased to imprisonment not exceeding four years if the crime is gross given the thumbs up by more bodies. Other out at the same time it should always be seen as a serious abuse to buy sex from a child.
the Bar association is critical of the fact that greater demands should be placed on the offender when it comes to the assessment of whether the victim is a minor.
- the Risk is that you throw on the burden of proof so that the accused must, in principle, make likely that he did not commit the crime in order to avoid responsibility. It means that the prosecutor be given a bevislättnad, which is contrary to our basic criminal justice principles, ” says secretary general Anne Ramberg.
A change in the law that punishes the swedes buying sex abroad advised the investigator from the. Several of the heavy bodies agree with this.
Facts: sex trade
The Swedish sexköplagen was introduced on 1 January 1999.
According to the government’s own evaluation in 2010, the law has been street prostitution to decrease, although critics argue that it has moved to the internet.
Ultimately get clients is sentenced to prison, despite the fact that it is included in the tariffs. The most common penalty is fines.
in 2011 raised the maximum penalty for the purchase of sexual services, from six months imprisonment to imprisonment for one year.
Facts: the Commission’s draft
The so-called människohandelsutredningen presented in June a series of proposals to the government. Some of them were:
A purchase of sexual services should be able to be assessed as serious and lead to a prison sentence of up to one year. The crime is gross, for example, if the victim is a victim of trafficking in human beings.
the purchase of sexual services should not be added to the list of crimes exempted from the requirement of double criminality.
the Punishment for purchase of sexual act of children will be increased to imprisonment not exceeding four years if the crime is gross. Fines shall no longer be in the scale of punishment.
the Greater demands should be placed on the offender when it comes to the assessment of whether the victim is a minor.
the Amendments proposed to come into effect on July 1, 2017.
Source: the 2014 människohandelsutredning
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