Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other purposes - Polisen

6. Analysis and recommendations45cially responsible with regard to accommodation andrepatriation of the people that are invited into Sweden,for example. This could be done by making thesponsor/referee pay a deposit for this purpose, a systemthat is applied in Denmark, for example.6.1.3 Proposed measures – Human trafficking forother purposesIn line with the increase in the number of foreignworkers on the Swedish labour market, there was alsoan increase in the information given to the police in2011, including cases of human trafficking for forcedlabour in which employees from EU countries andother countries were exploited by unscrupulousrecruitment agencies and criminal networks. For aperson to be able to obtain a work permit in Sweden,the employer must submit an offer of employment tothe Swedish Migration Board that shows that thewages and working conditions are in line with prevailingcollective agreements. This offer will not belegally binding.The victims are recruited to be exploited in fieldssuch as the berry industry, the construction industryor in restaurants. It is difficult to define the extent ofhuman trafficking for purposes other than sexual,into and within Sweden. One of the reasons for this isthat it is a crime that is seldom reported and difficultto detect. The lack of reporting may be because thegeneral public do not know about the victims’ situation,their fears of reprisals or that victims sometimesfeel gratitude to the perpetrators because they aremarginally better off in Sweden than in their homeland,despite their difficult situation.Proposed measures: To prevent an increase in thesecrimes and to provide support for the victims, interactionought to be intensified and extended betweenthe police authorities, the Swedish ProsecutionAuthority, the Swedish Economic Crime Authority,Social Services, the Swedish Migration Board, theSwedish Labour Market Board, the Swedish WorkEnvironment Authority and the Swedish Tax Agency,trades unions and employers’ organisations etc, andtheir counterparts in the victims’ countries of origin.In addition, the regulations concerning these issuesought to be reviewed continuously, to make it moredifficult for unscrupulous employers and criminalnetworks to become established in Sweden.Proposed measures: To be able to continue combatinghuman trafficking for forced labour, it isimportant that the police investigate the crimes committedwhen private individuals purchase servicesfrom people who are subjected to forced labour. TheSwedish National Police Board proposes that anational awareness campaign concerning this form ofhuman trafficking should be carried out, focusing onthe demand for these services and the criminal liabilityof private individuals.6.1.4 Proposed measures – Trafficking in childrenfor various purposesJust as with human trafficking in adults, organisedcrime is largely behind the trafficking of children.This is particularly evident in countries that lack aneffective regulatory framework for protecting girlsand boys 63 .Challenges for the judicial systemTraffickers understand, and are well aware of, the difficultiesfacing the judicial system when it comes todealing with girls and boys under the age of 18 as victimsof human trafficking as well as the perpetratorsof the crime. It has been shown that adults and thechildren they have brought with them for the purposesof theft and begging may have been apprehendedin several countries under different identities. Thismakes it difficult for the police to identify and takeaction against this form of organised crime, sincethese individual crime reports are not automaticallylinked to human trafficking. Like Sweden, severalcountries in Europe do not register minors in a cen-63 UNICEF (2006).