Last week, the verdict came in a large drug case in Vårberg in southern Stockholm, where a total of 20 people were convicted of involvement.

One of them, a 27-year-old man, was also charged with human trafficking because he was suspected of having lured young boys into the network's drug sales.

However, this was rejected by the court, which did not consider it proven that there was any recruitment.

They also did not consider that the investigation had shown that the boys were in any emergency situation, which is a prerequisite for human trafficking.

The man was thus acquitted of the suspicions of human trafficking but sentenced to six months in prison for drug offenses.

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The police's camera surveillance of the basement corridor has been central to the investigation.

But the evidence was not enough to convict the suspected leader of human trafficking.

Hear the prosecutor reason about it.

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"The district court has been far too cautious"

Now prosecutor Paulina Brandberg has decided to appeal the district court's ruling.

“We think that the district court has been far too cautious in its evaluation of evidence.

With regard to the human trafficking indictment, we believe that the district court has a little too lightly dismissed the evidence that actually exists that the accused has been involved in recruiting and exploiting the young people and that this has meant an emergency for them ", she writes in an email to SVT.

She believes that the district court has made a too careful assessment of the evidence also regarding drug crime.

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In the clip, prosecutor Lars Ågren explains why the network's suspected leader of human trafficking was prosecuted in the unique case.

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"In no way agrees with the prosecutor"

Torben Setterlund is the 27-year-old's defender.

He believes that the district court was right in its assessment of human trafficking.

- I do not agree with the prosecutor in any way, my client should have been acquitted completely.

If this is tried in the Court of Appeal, I believe that my client will be acquitted of all suspicions.

That my client would be convicted of human trafficking, I see as completely out of the question, says Torben Setterlund.