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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
's national
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on
human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...
opposition activities. She holds the title of Detective Inspector, and serves on the
Swedish Police Authority The Swedish Police Authority ( sv, Polismyndigheten) is the national police force (''Polisen'') of the Kingdom of Sweden. The first modern police force in Sweden was established in the mid-19th century, and the police remained in effect under loc ...
's human trafficking unit, of which she is the head. Wahlberg estimated that the number of
prostitutes Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...
in the country dropped 40% between 1998 and 2003 because of Sweden's passing of the 1999 ''Kvinnofrid'' law that made selling sex legal, but buying sex illegal. In 2005, she said that the effectiveness of the ''Kvinnofrid'' law is limited by the fact that not all of the country's police authorities make enforcing this particular law a priority, with many police authorities allocating more of their resources to combat the
illegal drug trade The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through ...
. In 2008, she said that large numbers of foreign politicians and
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officials were coming to Sweden looking to study the ''Kvinnofrid'' law. She also said, "We don't have a problem with prostitutes. We have a problem with men who buy sex." In March of that year, Wahlberg served on a Swedish delegation of experts who travelled to
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as the start of a campaign to implement a law in Scotland analogous to the ''Kvinnofrid'' law in Sweden. In 2009, she said that most of Sweden's prostitutes immigrated to Sweden from
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