ECPAT Sweden was established as an NGO in 1996 and is a member of ECPAT International’s global network. ECPAT Sweden collaborates with other NGOs, authorities and industry partners to fight against the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Contact: Anna Karin Hildingson Boqvist
Phone: +46 8 598 920 00
Address: Garvargatan 20, 112 21 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: info@ecpat.se, annakarin.boqvist@ecpat.se
Website: http://www.ecpat.se
Sweden is a destination and, to a lesser extent, source and transit country for children subjected to trafficking for sexual purposes. Victims largely originate from Eastern Europe, West Africa, Asia, and Western Europe.
In December 2014, the County Administrative Board of Stockholm launched the website Resekurage (Travel Courage), in collaboration with the Swedish police and the National Methodological Support against Prostitution and Human Trafficking (NMT). This projects aims at informing the public about the prevalence of sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism and offering an online system to report suspected child sexual exploitation’s cases committed by tourists abroad.
Year: 2024
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The age of sexual consent is 15, for both girls and boys. A close-in-age exception applies where it is clear, with consideration of slight age differences between the persons involved, that the sexual act did not involve any abuse against the child. An assessment has to be made on each case individually.
Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024
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The Swedish Penal Code provides for active extraterritoriality including Swedish nationals, habitual residents, as well as nationals of Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Norway who are habitual residents of Sweden. Passive extraterritoriality is limited to crimes committed in territority belonging to no States. However, Sweden provides for universal jurisdiction for offences with a penalty of at least 4 years of imprisonment under Swedish Law (only very serious offences such as trafficking and gross CSAM offences are covered), and for offences with at least 6 months of imprisonment (all SEC related offences) only if the offender is located in Sweden. Double criminality is excluded for most SEC related offences with regards to extraterritoriality (except for sexual molestation and grooming).
Extradition includes SEC related offences as extraditable if they are punished with at least one year of imprisonment. All SEC related offences are considered extraditable under the European Arrest Warrant Framework. Double criminality is required for extradition (except between Sweden and EU/Nordic countries).
Swedish Criminal Code, Swedish Extradition for Criminal Offences Act 1957, 1965 (status as of 2019) ,1957 (status as of 2003)
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