Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other purposes - Polisen

3. Criminal Development33ly a man resident in Sweden, travelling to anothercountry in order to sexually exploit a girl or boy residentin that country, in return for some form of payment.The crimes committed against children in particularare child rape, the purchase of sex acts fromchildren and child pornography crimes.Project to combat child trafficking for sexualpurposes outside SwedenDuring the period 2009-2010, the National Bureau ofInvestigation Cyber-Crime Section ran a project tocombat child trafficking for sexual purposes withinthe framework of the Government’s assignment for theSwedish National Police Board to strengthen nationalinitiatives to combat prostitution and human traffickingfor sexual purposes. 47 The purpose of this projectwas to combat more effectively the crime of traffickingchildren for sexual purposes committed by Swedesoutside Sweden’s borders, and to simplify proceduresfor tipping off the police in Sweden about these crimes.During the project period, around fifty Swedishmen resident in Sweden were identified who were suspectedof travelling abroad with the aim of committingthe sexual abuse of children. Gradually, as thegeneral public became more aware of the project, thenumber of tip-offs regarding these men increased.Work to identify and investigate these crimes continuedafter the end of the project. In 2011, a furtherthirty Swedish men were identified as suspected oftravelling abroad with the aim of committing childsexual abuse or producing child pornographyabroad. The National Bureau of Investigation wasalso investigating around a hundred tip-offs fromSwedish and foreign police authorities and from thegeneral public about these crimes.Two cases of particular interestIn 2011, a Swedish man was sentenced in KristianstadDistrict Court to imprisonment for five years for the47 Ju2008/7403/POrape of a child, conspiracy to commit child rape,aggravated child pornography, sexual exploitation ofchildren and aggravated exploitation of children forsexual posing. The Court of Appeal lengthened thesentence to imprisonment for seven years 48 . The manwas a VIP member of a well-known internationalpaedophile network that has more than 600 members.The network’s members communicated via anelectronic Internet-based bulletin board going by thename of “Dream Board” 49 .The man, aged 45, was resident in Sweden, but onone occasion visited the Philippines where, on thatoccasion, he subjected children to sexual exploitationin different hotel rooms. The man was arrested athome in Sweden after a tip-off and through policesurveillance work. The evidence at the trial consistedof the man’s own photographic and video material.The man had documented the sexual abuse of fourFilipino girls aged between three and fifteen. Thechildren could not be identified. A woman who providedthe man with children was identified but couldnot be arrested.Another case in 2011 concerned a Swedish man,aged 76, who was married to a Filipino woman, aged27. The man lived with his wife in the Philippines forsix months and in Sweden (where he was registered)for six months. In the Philippines, the man taughtyoung girls the English language. It was possible toprove that he had sexually exploited at least three ofthose girls aged between 7 and 11. All the assaultstook place in their own homes. The man also lentmoney at usurious interest rates to people in the48 The Court of Appeal for Skåne and Blekinge 28-03-2012, Caseno. B 224-1249 ”The network specialised in graphic and often violent imagesof the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, includinginfants. It created an incentive among members to create newfiles by kicking them out of the network if they did not uploadmaterial at least once every 50 days, and by granting themgreater access to its archives if they created their own childpornography,” said Assistant Attorney General, Lanny A.Breuer (NY Times, 3 August 2011)