Finland – Law Passed Criminalising Purchase of Sex
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: June 12, 2006
http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/
UPDATE:
Finnish Lawmakers Pass Law Criminalising Purchasing of
Sex
21.6.2006
at 11:19
(Adds
detail, amends first paragraph.)
Parliament on Wednesday enacted into law a bill that will make the purchasing of
sexual services a crime in circumstances involving procuring or trade in human
beings. A proposal to reject the bill was voted down 158-15 with four MPs
abstaining.
First-time
offenders will face six months in prison.
Some
of the opponents of the law preferred a blanket criminalisation of the
purchasing of sex and a few wanted to criminalise the sale of sexual services
too.
Parliament
approved the contents of the bill in a vote last week.
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STT 2006
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