The Riksdag: Prioritize the fight
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The Riksdag: Prioritize the fight against sexual crimes against children

The Riksdag requests that the government – quickly – put pressure on the police to prioritize and invest more in combating sexual abuse of children online.

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The demand, which the Riksdag has now unanimously agreed to, is the result of a so-called committee initiative for which the Social Democrats have received the support of the entire Riksdag.

The background to it all is high-profile revelations in the media about how, among others, Swedes commit sexual abuse against children in the Philippines via the internet.

The Riksdag also requests that the government ask the police to block websites that in one way or another encourage or enable sexual abuse of children, sometimes called sugar dating.

Corrected: In an earlier version of the text there was an inaccuracy about the committee initiative.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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