Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other purposes - Polisen

5. Other Swedish National Police Board initiatives to combat human trafficking395. Other Swedish NationalPolice Board initiatives tocombat human traffickingPart of the Swedish National Police Board’s strategicwork is to provide general supervision activities.Supervision activities are intended to help guaranteeand safeguard the authority’s public commitmentsand the requirements for legal certainty, security andgood management of public funds. Carrying outsupervision highlights the way in which differentpolice departments use their resources to achievespecified goals. Supervision activities are also part ofthe operations development for the entire police force.In 2011, the Swedish National Police Board passeda resolution about an inspection plan which included,for example, a mandate to carry out inspection of“the police authorities’ ability to investigate cases ofhuman trafficking for sexual purposes and purchasesof sexual services.” The inspections, which will beimplemented in 2012, “are to provide answers as towhether the police authorities are acting in compliancewith the government order (Ju 2008/7403/PO)with a focus on operational work influenced by strategy,perseverance, etc.” 55 .To ensure that the inspection should not be too difficultto manage, it will only affect the purchase ofsexual services and human trafficking for sexual purposes.Available statistics indicate large variationsbetween the police authority’s involvement and theability to detect and combat these types of crimesdespite the special initiatives implemented since 2004.The inspection, which is expected to shed light onthese variations, will focus on:• the police authorities’ strategy for combating humantrafficking and the purchase of sexual services55 VLK-128-494/12• the way the police authorities handle these types ofcrimes within the framework of the strategic andoperational management of the activity• the authorities’ perseverance over time to combatthese crimes• the ability of the police authorities to combat thesecrimes and the methods that they use to expose sextrafficking and the purchase of sexual services• the extent to which reported crimes result in convictions• the way the police work to combat human traffickingconducted under the Police National InvestigationConcept (PNU)• the way the police authorities work to combathuman trafficking conducted within the frameworkof the Police Intelligence Model (PUM)• the extent to which and the way in which the policeauthorities use Article 13 of the Council of EuropeConvention on the Suppression of Trafficking inHuman Beings (2005) concerning a person who issubject to human trafficking being entitled to a 30day period of reflection for rest and recuperation,to enable the victim to have the opportunity to freethemselves of the influence of the human traffickers• the extent to which and the way in which theauthorities apply the Aliens Act, Chapter 5, §15concerning temporary residence permits to enablea preliminary investigation or main hearing in thecriminal case to be held• collaboration between the police authorities, theSwedish Prosecution Authority, the SwedishMigration Board, county councils, municipalitiesand NGOs.