Click to agree to our updated Privacy Policy and Use of Cookies. Swedish police report a growing number of pimps and prostitutes in Stockholm using long-term rentals on the home-sharing website Airbnb without the owner's knowledge. The encounters are arranged on websites where pimps publish hundreds of ads daily. Airbnb warns its homeowner users against the risk of prostitution, showing examples of online requests to use a location until 2 a.
But in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter reports that the apartments are often rented out for two or three weeks to guests claiming to be a couple on a "romantic vacation" or friends taking part in extended language courses. Subscribe to our newsletter for more great reads.
Five stories around the world of indigenous populations suffering from global warming. The good news is they can provide solutions β if governments will listen. For Afghan asylum seekers arriving in cold Sweden, the transition isn't always simple β but a new project is aiming to ease the way.
The only truly global source for news. Get Worldcrunch delivered daily in your inbox. I Agree. The best international journalism. Finally in English. Nighttime in Stockholm - Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho. View article in original language. Related Stories. Indigenous Peoples, First Victims Of Climate Change Five stories around the world of indigenous populations suffering from global warming.
When Afghan Refugee Weavers Meet Swedish Designers For Afghan asylum seekers arriving in cold Sweden, the transition isn't always simple β but a new project is aiming to ease the way.
