Swedish newspapers report that a 52-year-old man has been charged with human trafficking of three young Eritrean females. The man is suspected of having smuggled three women in their 20s from Eritrea via Skavsta Airport in Nyköping into Sweden.

The women arrived from Milan on 24 February shortly before being intercepted by immigration officials of the airport raising suspicion as they travelled in a party of four together with a man.

After officials found out that they travelled with false passports, the women immediately started to point their finger at the man suspected to be the human trafficker.

Further investigation by the police revealed that the women had paid a total of $45000 to the smuggler.

Stockholm, Sweden: Politicians and media in Stockholm claim, that Eritreans in Sweden have to pay a 2% tax on their net income to the Embassy of Eritrea in Stockholm. Fredrik Malm, a member of the parliament for the Liberal Party states; it is unacceptable for other states to recover tax from Swedish citizens. He further claims that the monopoly to collect tax in Sweden is owned by the State of Sweden. According to the newspaper Expressen people who do not adhere with paying the tax will be imprisoned when they return to Eritrea for holiday or for visiting relatives. Having fact checked the story, this is not true and people visiting Eritrea are not being imprisoned, because they do not pay the 2% tax. Having visited Eritrea many times without paying the tax, it has never happened that the freedom of movement was limited by being imprisoned due to not not paying the 2% tax. The tax is rather seen as a voluntary contribution from the Eritreans living abroad to the countries struggle for independence. The only limitation one has if not paying the tax is, that it might be difficult to do business or purchase property in Eritrea. read more: