Sweden: Bill on stricter approach to sexual violations, fraud against the elderly, and crimes with gender as a hate crime motive was adopted by Parliament (Bill 2024/25:124)

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Bill on stricter approach to sexual violations, fraud against the elderly, and crimes with gender as a hate crime motive was adopted by Parliament (Bill 2024/25:124)

On 20 May 2025, the Bill on stricter approach to sexual violations, fraud against the elderly, and crimes with gender as a hate crime motive was adopted by the Parliament of Sweden. The Bill expands the criminalisation of purchasing sexual services …

Scope

Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Prohibition of goods and services
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-03-27
under deliberation

On 27 March 2025, the Bill on stricter approach to sexual violations, fraud against the elderly, an…

2025-05-20
adopted

On 20 May 2025, the Bill on stricter approach to sexual violations, fraud against the elderly, and …

2025-07-01
in force

On 1 July 2025, the Bill on stricter approach to sexual violations, fraud against the elderly, and …