Kajsa Wahlberg Explained

Honorific Prefix:Detective Inspector
Kajsa Wahlberg
Currentstatus:Director of Sweden's human trafficking unit
Department:Swedish Police Authority
Allegiance:Sweden

Kajsa Wahlberg is Sweden's national rapporteur on human trafficking opposition activities.[1] She holds the title of Detective Inspector,[2] and serves on the Swedish Police Authority's human trafficking unit,[3] of which she is the head.[4] Wahlberg estimated that the number of prostitutes in the country dropped 40% between 1998 and 2003 because of Sweden's passing of the 1999 Kvinnofrid law that made selling sex legal, but buying sex illegal.[5] In 2005, she said that the effectiveness of the Kvinnofrid law is limited by the fact that not all of the country's police authorities make enforcing this particular law a priority, with many police authorities allocating more of their resources to combat the illegal drug trade.[6] In 2008, she said that large numbers of foreign politicians and law enforcement officials were coming to Sweden looking to study the Kvinnofrid law.[7] She also said, "We don't have a problem with prostitutes. We have a problem with men who buy sex."[8] In March of that year, Wahlberg served on a Swedish delegation of experts who travelled to Scotland as the start of a campaign to implement a law in Scotland analogous to the Kvinnofrid law in Sweden.[9] In 2009, she said that most of Sweden's prostitutes immigrated to Sweden from Eastern Europe.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 187. Governing Loose Women: Rationalizing European Prostitution, 1998-2004. Greggor Christian Mattson. 2008. 978-0549834755.
  2. The New York Times. Nicholas Kulish. Bulgaria moves away from legalizing prostitution. October 5, 2007. February 20, 2013.
  3. USA Today. Karl Ritter. Sweden's sex law: get the customer. March 15, 2008. February 20, 2013.
  4. Shanghai Star. New twist to old game. April 10, 2003. February 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120714002931/http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2003/0410/pr22-1.html. July 14, 2012. dead.
  5. USA Today. Karl Ritter. Sweden prostitution law attracts world interest. March 16, 2008. February 20, 2013.
  6. The Local. January 15, 2005. Sweden wakes up to the "white slave trade". February 20, 2013.
  7. Legalbrief Today. March 18, 2008. Sweden's prostitution laws drawing foreign interest. February 20, 2013.
  8. Toronto Star. Rosie DiManno. Sweden's sex law tough on johns. March 24, 2008. February 20, 2013.
  9. Daily Record. Scotland's Sex Trade Fight Looks To Success Of Swedish Model. Annie Brown. March 13, 2008. February 20, 2013.
  10. Hürriyet Daily News. Fulya Özerkan. Swedish model could inspire Turkey to combat trafficking. November 1, 2009. February 20, 2013.