Sweden tops European rape league
Published: 27 Apr 09 10:34 CET
Sweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe - twice as many as "runner up" the UK, a new study shows.
Researchers behind the EU study, which will be presented on Tuesday, conclude that
rape appears to be a more common occurrence in Sweden than in continental European countries.
In Sweden, 46 incidents of rape are reported per 100,000 residents.
This figure is double as many as in the UK which reports 23 cases, and four times that of the other Nordic countries, Germany and France. The figure is up to 20 times the figure for certain countries in southern and eastern Europe.
The study, which is financed by the Brussels-based EU fund Daphne II, compared how the respective judicial systems managed rape cases across eleven EU countries. Sweden is shown in an unfavourable light, according to the study.
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