The Justice Minister Alan Shatter is hosting a conference in Dublin this morning on whether Ireland's prostitution laws should be changed.

Sweden has led the way in tackling prostitution with the introduction of tough legislation and enforcement. Stephen Rogers travelled to the country to learn about the much vaunted ‘Swedish Model’ on dealing with human trafficking. In the first of a two-part series, he compares the Irish and Swedish approaches to what is the world’s fastest growing crime and looks at what lessons can be learned.

The Government was today urged to roll-out tough new laws banning men from buying sex to clampdown on organised crime and human trafficking.