The article below compares laws in Sweden and Denmark, and results.

In 1995 Sweden made it illegal to buy sex, While in 1999 Denmark decriminalized prostitution.

"Copenhagen's red light district pulsates with neon lights. Women stand on nearly every corner - many from Africa - aggressively making their pitch to men walking by. Inside one particularly loud bar, young Thai women sit on the laps of male customers.

And Stockholm? Well, you might walk right by its equivalent and never notice. Malmskillnadsgatan is a commercial area, the address of several banks. In its heyday, dozens of girls used to ply their trade here. Now, you can find only three or four women who work the street."

In Sweden "The law was enacted as part of Sweden's push for gender equality. From a Swedish legal point of view, any woman selling sex has been forced to do so, either by circumstance or coercion. Anyone caught buying sex faces hefty fines, an embarrassingly public police notification and possible time in prison, with a maximum four-year sentence. So far no one arrested has served time."

Denmark: "We thought that these women would be trapped and kidnapped and they wanted to be saved and rescued and they wanted to go back home," says Anne Brandt-Christensen of the Danish Centre Against Human Trafficking. "But what we found out is that this is a much more complex phenomenon."

"That stark difference may explain why Sweden is being hailed as a model of how to combat sex trafficking, while Denmark has been called the "Brothel of Scandinavia."

Other countries are now debating whether to follow the Swedish model.

So, what to think of this? Is the fact that you do not see hookers on the street in Sweden a sign that they are not there? Or have they gone underground, with even less protection from the police? Are all prostitutes really forced? Will such a law stop trafficking?

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cn...blem/?hpt=Sbin