Amnesty says in the report ”Time for change” to the number of complaints of rape against persons aged over 15 years increased from 3.535 years 2007 to 5.236 in the year 2017. The proportion of cases which led to prosecution, however, has decreased. 2007 brought in 449 cases, ten years later, the figure was 346.
Amnesty international believes that a major responsibility for shortcomings rests with the Police and points to a number of factors that come into play. Factors as the relevant authorities have identified are not being followed, for the suspects arrested, which impedes the investigation, analysis of the dna sample is too slow and resources are taken from the våldtäktsutredningar to another.
förstahandsåtgärder is delayed or not implemented at all, as to keep the questioning of suspects”, says Katarina Bergehed in the report. Bergehed is expert in the field of women’s rights at Amnesty international in Sweden and one of the report’s lead author.
According to the Sveriges Radio Ekot hope the police of a change by a greater number of police officers and internal training in how to investigate rape cases.
“We must be self-critical and have that organization do more,” says Ulf Johansson, regional manager for the police in Stockholm and is also a member of the national management team.
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