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Published more: 2021-08-06 03:15 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

A year after new law, still no prosecutions for child marriage

Jessica Wenna is a prosecutor who specialises in cases to do with honor-related crimes.

Lyssna: A year after new law, still no prosecutions for child marriage

In July 2020, the law in Sweden against child marriage was made tougher, and people allowing such marriages can be sentenced to four years in prison. Child marriage crimes have been reported to the police 58 times, but as yet, none of these have led to prosecution. Jessica Wenna, a prosecutor specialising in cases to do with honor-related crimes, tells Swedish Radio News: "I'd hoped that we would have had a conviction at...