Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other purposes - Polisen

Annex 1 – Reporting by the police authorities52ing the girl was unclear. The Court of Appeal confirmedthe District Court sentence.County of GotlandIn 2011, a man was justifiably suspected of procuringbut the preliminary investigation was closed. Tworeports concerning the purchase of sexual serviceswere drawn up. One of these led to a conviction.Collaboration Area West(counties of Västra Götaland and Halland)County of Västra GötalandSince 2003, the police authority in Västra Götalandhas had a special surveillance team, the Human TraffickingTeam, which is administered under the CountyCriminal Investigation Department. The HumanTrafficking Team is responsible for working to combathuman trafficking for sexual purposes and procuring.The team is one of six surveillance teamswhich are subordinate to the Serious OrganisedCrime Department and connected to an action teamleader who has the option of detailing other investigationteams to assist the human trafficking team on ahuman trafficking case. The human trafficking teamalso works closely with the public order police in thecity of Gothenburg, and the Border Police.Since 2005, there has been a plan in Västra Götalandfor taking into care victims who have been subjectto human trafficking. In addition to actually takingvictims into care in Sweden, it also includes anundertaking from the authorities affected, whereverpossible, to make preparations for the victim’s returnand to get in touch with the authorities and organisationsconcerned, to facilitate the victim’s reintegration.In 2011, 15 preliminary investigations into humantrafficking for sexual purposes were launched, ofwhich two concerned victims under 18. In addition,22 preliminary investigations were initiated concerningprocuring/aggravated procuring which could belinked in certain cases to human trafficking for sexualpurposes. Other cases concerned women fromRomania and Poland who were brought to Sweden tobe exploited for sexual purposes, such as in streetprostitution. The women from Romania and Polandwere sold through street prostitution. Most of themen purchasing sex were reported after having beenencountered in the vicinity of the English Church andin the Rosenlund area of central Gothenburg.In 2011, the Greater Gothenburg Police District ranan operation in the Rosenlund district focusing onpreventing the purchase of sexual services. Almost255 male sex-purchasers were reported, resulting in214 orders of summary punishment being issued byprosecutors and 26 cases being investigated furtherby the County Criminal Investigation Department.In the preliminary investigations conducted in 2011concerning human trafficking for sexual purposes,the majority of perpetrators were citizens of Swedenand Romania. In some preliminary investigationsthere were also suspicions concerning other crimessuch as property crimes. One of these preliminaryinvestigations led to two men from Romania and oneman from Iraq being sentenced to imprisonment bythe Gothenburg District Court for procuring, concerninga woman recruited from Romania. In thiscase five men were also fined for purchasing sexualservices. The Court of Appeal acquitted a man convictedin the District Court for procuring.Preliminary investigation: The Madonna CaseIn spring 2011, a preliminary investigation was initiatedconcerning a Romanian human trafficking networkin Gothenburg. In the case, 15 Romanian women,aged 18-42, were identified as victims of humantrafficking for sexual purposes. These women wereexploited on a daily basis by a large number of malesex-purchasers in violent circumstances. The perpetratorssupervised the women, and kept them lockedup except when they were being transported to thesex-purchasers.