Suède: un homme inculpé pour avoir prostitué sa femme auprès de plus de 120 hommes
A Swedish prosecutor on Monday, March 30, charged a man suspected of forcing his wife into prostitution with at least 120 men. He is also suspected of aggravated pimping, rape, and sexual assault.
In Sweden, investigators are describing the case as "large-scale" exploitation. A 62-year-old man is suspected of having financially profited, for more than three years, between 2022 and 2025, from pressuring his wife "to engage in sexual acts," according to the indictment. The same document states that the victim lived under his complete control: drugged, made dependent, and constantly monitored, including by cameras installed in her home, reports our correspondent in Stockholm, Ottilia Férey.
The man is accused of posting ads online, arranging dates, monitoring, and pressuring his wife to engage in online sex acts to attract more clients, the document states. He is suspected of forcing her to have sex with more than 120 men and allegedly filming these acts. The victim herself finally alerted the police in late October 2025 in northern Sweden.
The man is also accused of violence, threats, and taking advantage of her drug addiction, with the prosecution describing these acts as "ruthless exploitation." The suspect, who is being held in pretrial detention, denies all the charges. He also faces charges of eight rapes and four attempted rapes.
Several charges for purchasing sexual services
Twenty-six men have been charged with purchasing sexual services, and the others are still under investigation, the prosecutor said. According to the public broadcaster SVT, the man suspected of aggravated pimping was a high-ranking member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
The woman was the victim of "serious crimes," her lawyer, Silvia Ingolfsdottir, told AFP. "She now hopes to obtain justice," she added. Swedish Minister for Gender Equality Nina Larsson stated in February that men must "stop buying and selling women's bodies."
This case, reminiscent of Gisèle Pelicot's in France, has caused profound shock in Sweden, where prostitution and violence against women are highly sensitive issues. It also reignites the debate on client responsibility and situations of coercive control, central to the Swedish model that criminalizes the purchase of sexual services.
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