SWEDISH police have said if Ireland and other countries adopted their stringent anti-prostitution laws, it would aid police co-operation and help make Europe a no-go area for sex traffickers.

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.

THE Tommy Sheridan defamation trial lifted the lid on the seedy world of swingers’ clubs.