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Sweden’s Prostitution Laws14 Jan 2008
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Would making customers into criminals stop prostitution and trafficking?

In Sweden, prostitution is regarded as a form of male violence against women. Nine years ago it became illegal to pay for, or attempt to pay for sex. Meanwhile selling it was decriminalised. Jane talks to Solicitor General Vera Baird QC MP about her recent visit to Sweden, asking how the law is working there and whether criminalising men is the way forward in the UK.
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