Stockholm, June 16, 2026 (AFP) - Swedish court jails man for four years for pressuring wife into mass prostitution

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2026-06-16

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 61-year-old man to four years and five months in prison for having "ruthlessly exploited" his wife to have sex with scores of men for payment. The man was convicted of "aggravated pimping" as well as attempted rape, assault and issuing threats, the court said in a statement. The case, in which the prosecutor has said some 120 buyers had been identified, has shocked Sweden. The court said that out of the 29 p......

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