In 2025, Swedish police have detained at least 13 women allegedly for engaging in sex work, despite the fact that selling sex is not a crime in Sweden. Some of these women were also deported and authorities justified the deportations by citing vague immigration rules and branding sex workers a “threat to public order,” linking their work to serious crime. This practice disproportionately targets migrant women and reinforces harmful gender and racial stereotypes. Sweden’s approach undermines the rights to livelihood, privacy, and bodily autonomy, particularly as the government considers extending criminalization to online sexual services. These actions contradict Sweden’s human rights obligations under CEDAW and risk worsening conditions for sex workers rather than addressing trafficking or exploitation.