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CYBER RAPE (!?) AND THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW – The Swedes have a different definition of rape…..a very interesting one.

Posted bywpengine 1 December 2017

Samstrom, 41, coerced 27 girls in three countries to perform sex acts on webcam by threatening them and their families. The ruling is a first for Sweden and Canada

Source: Swedish man gets 10 years in prison for raping Canadian girls — over the internet | National Post

Posted bywpengine1 December 2017Posted inUncategorized

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