  2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Sweden  Publisher United
States Department of State Publication Date 19 June 2012 Cite as
United States Department of State, 2012 Trafficking in Persons
Report - Sweden, 19 June 2012, available at: [accessed 29
December 2014]  SWEDEN (Tier 1)  Sweden is a destination,
source, and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women and
children subjected to sex trafficking and a destination country
for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor. Women,
men, and children are subjected to forced labor and forced
criminal behavior, including begging and stealing. Swedish
police have estimated that 400 to 600 persons are subjected to
human trafficking in Sweden annually. Although in previous years
forced prostitution has been the dominant type of trafficking in
Sweden, in 2011 the number of reported labor trafficking victims
was larger than the number of reported sex trafficking victims.
Foreign victims of sex trafficking originate from Central and
Eastern Europe (Romani