{"id":240,"date":"2022-11-30T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:30:16","slug":"warning-about-risks-of-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/warning-about-risks-of-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning about risks of human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\"><strong>If you are a survivor of trafficking, or you have a suspicion that someone else is, you should contact the Swedish Police on the emergency phone (dialing ? <a href=\"tel:112\">112<\/a>).\u00a0 Every contact with the police will be treated in strict confidence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people will want to help you on your journey, and after you arrive in Sweden. However, not everyone may be who they say they are; some people may wish to take advantage of your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, they may promise you accommodation, transport, or free food, and use this to pressure you into sexual acts, work or other services you do not agree with. Or they may want to harm you or take your documents or other belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please have a look at UNHCR&#8217;s information video on \u201cHow to stay safe\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stay Safe \u2013 Important reminders for refugees to help stay safe while travelling.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zrf01K2eBJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video is also available in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FV0xjx_SGsk\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrainian<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4HJrKKxu8-I\" target=\"_blank\">Russian<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about reporting trafficking in human beings to the Police,<a href=\"https:\/\/polisen.se\/utsatt-for-brott\/olika-typer-av-brott\/manniskohandel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>please visit the website of the Swedish Police, available in Swedish: <a href=\"https:\/\/polisen.se\/utsatt-for-brott\/polisanmalan\/sakerhet-och-ordning-i-samhallet\/manniskohandel\/\">M\u00e4nniskohandel | Swedish Police Authority<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a refugee from Ukraine and want information about risks of trafficking in human beings in Sweden, <a href=\"https:\/\/swedishgenderequalityagency.se\/men-s-violence-against-women\/prostitution-and-human-trafficking\/to-you-fleeing-ukraine\/\">please visit the website of the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, available in Ukrainian, Russian and English.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a survivor of trafficking, or you have a suspicion that someone else is, you should contact the Swedish Police on the emergency phone (dialing ? 112).\u00a0 Every contact with the police will be treated in strict confidence. Many people will want to help you on your journey, and after you arrive in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"faq_page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-240","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/sweden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}